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Laura Vena is a writer, artist, curator and translator whose work has appeared in Bombay Gin, Super Arrow, Tarpaulin Sky, In Posse Review, The Dirty Fabulous, Antennae and elsewhere. She a Contributing Editor at Entropy and and a Guest Editor for Recurrent Novels, Jaded Ibis Press. Laura lives alongside and wanders the San Gabriel River. 

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Built in 1939, the Whittier Narrow's Nature Center has served as a natural oasis for locals, but recent controversial plans seek to transform it into an ambitious educational center.
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