13.112018September 10, 2019
Poetry As Offering: To Practice In Poetry & Live In The Body-Mind

Poetry As Offering: To Practice In Poetry & Live In The Body-Mind

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Chicago is my hometown, I grew up here as a poor brown queer awkward butch girl, and snuck into open mics at Aloha Café to...

04.062018November 12, 2019
Report from the Field: Of Myopia, White Supremacy and the Personal Essay

Report from the Field: Of Myopia, White Supremacy and the Personal Essay

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In 2017, I took my first creative nonfiction workshop with a reputed author, editor, and teacher of creative writing in the heart of Los Angeles,...

22.052018September 10, 2019
Nepantla’s Queer Women of Color Odes to Literary Ancestors

Nepantla’s Queer Women of Color Odes to Literary Ancestors

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Nepantla: An Anthology Dedicated to Queer Poets of Color is coming out from Nightboat Books on May 1, 2018, though I originally began editing this...

21.112016September 6, 2019
Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Rachel Eliza Griffiths

Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Rachel Eliza Griffiths

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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...

11.092016September 6, 2019
Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Christopher Soto

Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Christopher Soto

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How do you practice self-care when writing about difficult subject matter? I try not to force myself into retraumatization when writing. I don’t think it’s...

08.082016November 12, 2019

Building Community: On the Power of Women Mentors

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At 17 years old, I kept what I imagined was a riveting journal of high school life. It was rife with rowdy, drunken kisses tasting...

15.022016September 10, 2019
VIDA Reads with Writers: Naomi Jackson!

VIDA Reads with Writers: Naomi Jackson!

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What are you reading on the subway or in the waiting room today? I’m taking a break from my beloved Brooklyn at the moment, living...

23.012016September 10, 2019
VIDA Reads with Writers — Amber Atiya!

VIDA Reads with Writers — Amber Atiya!

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What are you reading on the subway or in the waiting room today? I am loving The Subsequent Blues by Gary Copeland Lilley.   What book popped...

15.032015September 10, 2019
Report from the Field: I Don’t Know How She Does It

Report from the Field: I Don’t Know How She Does It

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I can’t remember the first time I heard the phrase in reference to myself: I don’t know how she does it. Perhaps it was when...