The Authored Self

The Authored Self

Writing, for me, means freedom. Which is to say, everything prior to discovering writing was entrapment. You cannot desire freedom, you cannot be gripped by...

VIDA Panels and Events at AWP

VIDA Panels and Events at AWP

BOOTH #464 Visit our table to say hello, arm yourself with information, and stock up on swag!   E V E N T S :...

Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Sade Murphy

Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Sade Murphy

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 in...

Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Lauren Russell

Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Lauren Russell

What do you think is the most significant impact social media has had on the poetry world recently?  At the same time that social media...

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...

The Unbearable (White) Maleness of US Poetry: And How We Can Enable a Structural Response to Literary Yellowface and Gender Inequity in Publishing

The Unbearable (White) Maleness of US Poetry: And How We Can Enable a Structural Response to Literary Yellowface and Gender Inequity in Publishing

On Labor Day, news broke widely that White writer Michael Derrick Hudson’s poem “The Bees, the Flowers, Jesus, Ancient Tigers, Poseidon, Adam and Eve” is...

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