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Jane Seskin is the author of the poetry collection Older, Wiser, Shorter: An Emotional Road Trip to Membership in the Senior Class. A graduate of New York University, she holds master’s degrees from Bank St. College of Education and Hunter College School of Social Work. Seskin lives in New York City, where she works as a licensed clinical social worker.

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