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...
Archive for tag: representation
Karaoke with Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un
I bypass the self-serve cereal cart on the patio, the subterranean foam party pulsing with sweaty go-go dancers, the dorm room where dozens of well-dressed...
Body of a Poem: Neither Here nor There, Asexual and Agender in the Literary World
It hurts when even my sisters look at me in the street with cold and silent eyes. I am defined as other in every group...
Notes on Femme and Fiction
I’m 15 and my girlfriend, my first girlfriend, is sitting before me on the floor wearing a tie. She can’t wear the tie at home....
On Playing the Nice Woman
I am on an airplane, wearing jeans and a leatherette biker jacket. To my mind the look is Joan Jett tough; likely it’s more “chemistry...
Voices of Bettering American Poetry Volume 2 — Ariana Brown
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: The Public Won’t Let Me Be Personal
Been wanting to get a haircut. Maybe clip my nails. Perhaps give away a toe or two. A hand, then the arm. Just give it...
Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Lynn Melnick
What new or emerging writer do you want the world to know about? This is hard because there are always so many, but last fall...
Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — B.B.P. Hosmillo
What’s the earliest experience, or a stand-out experience, you can remember that made you realize that you can be yourself, write as yourself, and write...
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