Paul Juhasz is a two-time Pushcart-nominated author of five books. Two of his poetry collections (Ronin in 2022 and The Fires of Heraclitus in 2025) were finalists for the Oklahoma Book Award. He served as curator for the Woody Guthrie Poets from 2020 to 2024 and currently lives in Oklahoma City.
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