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New gothic horror novel plays with sonnet structure

Middlebury Poet Cindy Ellen Hill grew up on Long Island and spent summers in New Jersey with her grandparents. That early exposure to salt marshes was formative in her first novel, “Leeds Point,” which was published last week. Photo by Kristy Dooley
July 2, 2026
“The pace of the sonnets just pulls you through along with the narrative arc.”
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