Body of a Poem: If language makes us visible

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...

Body of a Poem: From Zines to Novels, Genderqueer on the Page

Body of a Poem: From Zines to Novels, Genderqueer on the Page

I began writing as a zinester sixteen years ago, just days after I ran away from my abusive childhood home. I discovered zines, self-produced publications...

VIDA Reviews! There Is a Case That I Am, by torrin a. greathouse

VIDA Reviews! There Is a Case That I Am, by torrin a. greathouse

torrin a. greathouse’s There Is a Case That I Am (2017, Damaged Goods Press) is concerned with the mathematics of the body torn asunder because...

Body of a Poem: Genrequeer and Genderqueer in Alabama

Body of a Poem: Genrequeer and Genderqueer in Alabama

Most of the jokes I hear about Alabama from my Northern liberal friends have nothing to do with the gorgeous, fierce resistance that I see...

Compassionate Curating: Editing Halal If You Hear Me

Compassionate Curating: Editing Halal If You Hear Me

Fatimah Asghar: There are as many ways of being Muslim as there are Muslims. That was the first thing that Safia and I talked about when...