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Shawn McLain is a native of and living in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He is currently completing a B.A. in English, literature emphasis, and a minor in small press publishing from Southeast Missouri State University. Future goals include a masters in English literature and a future PhD to teach at the college level. In the past Shawn has worked two or three part time and full time jobs at a time while going to school full time. He claims to never sleep. Currently working at the local mall bookstore, Waldenbooks, and staying involved in a variety of organizations such as the literary magazine Journey and the English honors fraternity Sigma Tau Delta. In his spare time Shawn drives aimlessly around the roads of Cape Girardeau and the surrounding towns. His primary focus is the experimentation of form and structure of poetry in conjunction with multiple voice poems.
Shawn has been published in Journey Magazine.
Shawn can be reached at