Conformity’s Labor & Tips to Make Poetry Events More Accessible to People who are D/deaf or Hard of Hearing

Conformity’s Labor & Tips to Make Poetry Events More Accessible to People who are D/deaf or Hard of Hearing

When I was leading anti-bias retreats at the University of Richmond, I also founded a campus-wide book discussion series focused on justice issues. One year,...

Voices of Bettering American Poetry Volume 2 — Destiny O. Birdsong

Voices of Bettering American Poetry Volume 2 — Destiny O. Birdsong

We’re living in a police/surveillance state. How has this affected your approach toward poetry, art, persona, and personal presence? As a person of color, my...

Compassionate Curating: Creating Black Intentional Literary Spaces

Compassionate Curating: Creating Black Intentional Literary Spaces

I will always remember this past summer as one riddled with Black death. I was living in isolation at the time, with my parents in...

Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Rachel Eliza Griffiths

Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Rachel Eliza Griffiths

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...

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 — Phillip B. Williams

Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Phillip B. Williams

Do you feel that your writing is necessarily assumed to be autobiographical? How do you feel about this assumption? I think there is an assumption...