What poets do you identify with, or feel you are grouped with by editors, readers, conference organizers, or educators? What misconceptions do you see about...
Archive for tag: autobiography
Discussing Resistance and Hope: Mini-Interviews with Cyree Jarelle Johnson & Naomi Ortiz
“I felt scared and powerless the evening of Election Day 2016. The term ‘resistance’ became popular and commonplace in the news with the start of...
Body of a Poem: Multiple Voices
Writing about identity is a pressure for me as a person of color, a queer person, and a queer person of color. So often it...
Voices of Bettering American Poetry Volume 2 — torrin a. greathouse
What have you been reading, watching, or listening to lately? What new or emerging writer do you want the world to know about? Who would...
Failing at Subjects: The Poetics of the Living Idea
I am not not an academic; and I am not not a failure. These double negatives vibrate for me, which is a way of saying...
Compassionate Curating: Your Experience Is Valid
To put it simply, being an editor is difficult—and especially so when you are dealing with work that is crucial, urgent, and traumatic. As an...
Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Moss Angel Witchmonstr
What have you been reading, watching, or listening to lately? What new or emerging writer do you want the world to know about? Recent things...
Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Rachel Eliza Griffiths
What have you been reading, watching, or listening to lately? What new or emerging writer do you want the world to know about? I’m rereading...