Living in Liminality: Working with the Wounds of Trauma through Altered States & Poison Medicine 

Living in Liminality: Working with the Wounds of Trauma through Altered States & Poison Medicine 

Adapted from a keynote given at the 2018 Transformative Language Arts Network Power of Words Conference +++ What is the center what is the center...

Voices of Bettering American Poetry Volume 3 — Raquel Salas Rivera

Voices of Bettering American Poetry Volume 3 — Raquel Salas Rivera

How do you practice self-care when writing about a difficult subject matter? What brings you joy? This has been a question I’ve had on my...

Lessons In Refusing Description

Lessons In Refusing Description

N’dee, queer, nonbinary. There is a certain level of difficulty I experience in trying to remember a time when I did not feel anxiety in...

Spam Stigma: An Open Letter to White People

Spam Stigma: An Open Letter to White People

Dear bougie white people of America— I am a SPAM®-Eater—and I am not ashamed. Yes, you read that right. I eat Spam. You know, that...

Report from the Field: Poets on Strike, Irish Women Poets and the Canon

Report from the Field: Poets on Strike, Irish Women Poets and the Canon

This Report from the Field includes a republication of Fired! Irish Women Poets and the Canon’s pledge in response to the ongoing conversation surrounding gender...

Where We Go From Here: Writers Who Remember Freedom

Where We Go From Here: Writers Who Remember Freedom

You say you are my ally, stand up! Brush yourself off. There is no time for tears, for self-pitying platitudes. There is a rich, racist,...

Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — B.B.P. Hosmillo

Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — B.B.P. Hosmillo

What’s the earliest experience, or a stand-out experience, you can remember that made you realize that you can be yourself, write as yourself, and write...

Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Joshua Jennifer Espinoza

Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Joshua Jennifer Espinoza

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...

Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Jee Leong Koh

Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Jee Leong Koh

Who would you have nominated for this anthology? Is there a poem you have in mind that you could link to?  I am a longtime...

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