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Mairead Small Staid

black and white photograph of poet Mairead Small Staid in a black coat standing in front of a brick wall. Photo by Jenna Meacham

Photo by Jenna Meacham

Mairead Small Staid is the author of The Traces: An Essay (Deep Vellum, 2022).

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