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Naoko Fujimoto was born and raised in Nagoya, Japan. Her forthcoming poetry collections are Mother Said, I Want Your Pain, winner of the Shared Dream Immigrant Contest by Backbone Press (spring, 2018), Where I Was Born, winner of the editor's choice by Willow Books (spring, 2019), and Glyph: Graphic Poetry=Trans. Sensory by Tupelo Press (winter, 2019). Her first chapbook, Home, No Home, won the annual Oro Fino Chapbook Competition by Educe Press and another short collection, Silver Seasons of Heartache by Glass Lyre Press, are available from each press. She is a RHINO Poetry fellow.