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Call and Response to Maya Stein This anthology was born out of a poetry reading with Maya Stein in the Wild Writing community created by Laurie Wagner. Edited by Kimberly Burnham, this anthology was created by all of the poets and writers included here's desire to learn and become better more truthful writers. Maya Stein has been creating and writing poetry with Laurie Wagner for more than 20 years. She is a frequent guest in person and through her words in the Wild Writing Family. Over the last five to ten years, hundreds of poets, writers, and dreamers have listened to and learned from Maya's way of seeing and expressing her world. We have held her up as a model for wonderful ways of observing and writing about our own lives. This anthology is our response to Maya Stein's poetry and a celebration of how she has touched our lives. This volume is edited by Kimberly Burnham with contributions from Maya Stein and Laurie Wagner. Poets and Writers include: Avesha Michael, Breeanna Smith, Brenda Sullivan Furry, Elizabeth Cassidy, Janet McKeehan-Medina, Jennifer Eichstedt, Joanna Kania, Kelsey D. Mahaffey, Kristi Joy Rimbach, Khalice Jade, Kimberly Burnham, Lin Frye, Marjorie Pagel, Mary Campbell, Nicky Torode, Nina Cousins, Patrícia Dias, Patty Joslyn, Shilpa Rao, and Tedo Wyman.