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V. Hansmann was raised by wealthy people in suburban New Jersey; growing up to be neurotic, alcoholic, homosexual, and old.  For thirty years he worked on Wall Street in a private office managing other people's money, and when the offic closed in 2008, decided to try his hand at peotry and nonfiction.  In June 2011, V. completed a low-residency MFA in creative writing at Bennington College.  Prior to his inclusion in The Common's Dispatches, his credits were slender, consisting of an anecdote published in the Metropolitan Diary section of The New York Times about shopping for styrofoam with a nickel stuck to his forehead.

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