Do you feel that your writing is assumed to be autobiographical? How do you feel about this assumption? Does memoir play a role in your...
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Voices of Bettering American Poetry Volume 3 — Jess Rizkallah
Has 2018 been different for you than other years? It has, but if it weren’t I think that would be concerning. For so long I...
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 3 — Dorothy Chan
How does performance fit into your writing? I’m not a “theatrical” performer when it comes to my poetry readings, but my readings do have a...
VIDA Reviews! feeld notes: feeld, by Jos Charles
Jos Charles, there’s room in “thees wite skirtes” for thee and me, so let’s write these rites alchemically. I’m feeld-ing your book, by which I...
Voices of Bettering American Poetry Volume 3 — Nkosi Nkululeko
How does performance fit into your writing? If we’re talking about “performance poetry” then my physical reincarnation of a poetic memory has dwindled. I’m not...
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...
Body of a Poem: Clown
The story of my father lives in my body as precise as clockwork. The story of my father during summer is an easier one to...
VIDA Reviews! This Will Be My Undoing, by Morgan Jerkins
It’s no accident the cover of Morgan Jerkins book has her looking up with eyes closed as though she’s imagining the positive impact of her...
Body of a Poem: If language makes us visible
“I swear, you will wake— & mistake these walls for skin.” —from: Someday I’ll Love Ocean Vuong, by Ocean Vuong I don’t like to think...