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C.J. Hylton

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in Richmond, VA, The United States

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Poetry, Young Adult, Fiction

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J.R.R. Tolkien, Emily Dickinson, Frank Herbert, George Lucas, Ellen Ho ...more

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C.J. Hylton is a poet and writer from Richmond, Va. He has been writing since fourth grade, and he released his debut novel, The Metanoia, in November of 2025. He is a junior in high school, and outside of writing he enjoys running for his track team and working on sets for his theater troupe

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The Trouble with Light

by Jeremy Michael Clark

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