Description: Yvonne Zipter is a writer of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction
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Yvonne Zipter was born in Milwaukee, WI, and following sojourns on both coasts, has replanted herself firmly again in the Midwest. She lives in Chicago with her wife and a long succession of retired racing greyhounds. She is the author of the poetry collections Kissing the Long Face of the Greyhound , The Patience of Metal (a Lambda Literary Awards finalist) and Like Some Bookie God , the nonfiction books Ransacking the Closet and Diamonds Are a Dyke's Best Friend , the novel Infraction, and the national