Voices of Bettering American Poetry Volume 3 — Zaina Alsous

Voices of Bettering American Poetry Volume 3 — Zaina Alsous

What have you been reading, watching, or listening to lately? What new or emerging writer do you want the world to know about? Who would...

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...

VIDA Reviews! Interview with Chelene Knight on Dear Current Occupant

VIDA Reviews! Interview with Chelene Knight on Dear Current Occupant

Dear Current Occupant is non-linear memoir that maps Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside in the 80s and 90s.  Through writing letters to the occupants of rentals she...

Nepantla’s Queer Women of Color Odes to Literary Ancestors

Nepantla’s Queer Women of Color Odes to Literary Ancestors

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...

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...