25.012019September 10, 2019
Made of Warring Parts: An Interview with Linette Reeman & torrin a. greathouse

Made of Warring Parts: An Interview with Linette Reeman & torrin a. greathouse

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Sarah Clark: Both of your chapbooks are so viscerally about the body. Can you tell me how you conceptualize of bodies, in a broader sense,...

11.032018September 10, 2019
Aut Lit By Neurotypicals; Or, Another Case Of “Where Are The Women?”

Aut Lit By Neurotypicals; Or, Another Case Of “Where Are The Women?”

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Does the trend piece make the trend? When it comes to sub-genres such as women’s literature or lesbian and gay literature, the field’s development hinges...

27.072017September 10, 2019
Body of a Poem: Genrequeer and Genderqueer in Alabama

Body of a Poem: Genrequeer and Genderqueer in Alabama

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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...

29.062017September 10, 2019
Body of a Poem: Transition as Act of Consent//Writing as Act of Consent//Ghosts as Act of Consent

Body of a Poem: Transition as Act of Consent//Writing as Act of Consent//Ghosts as Act of Consent

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I. When I began thinking about hormonal transition—long after I had articulated a gender of in-betweenness to myself—it was in the middle of a long...

19.032017September 10, 2019
Compassionate Curating: Your Experience Is Valid

Compassionate Curating: Your Experience Is Valid

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To put it simply, being an editor is difficult—and especially so when you are dealing with work that is crucial, urgent, and traumatic. As an...

09.032017September 10, 2019
Compassionate Curating: Editing Halal If You Hear Me

Compassionate Curating: Editing Halal If You Hear Me

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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...

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Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — manuel arturo abreu

Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — manuel arturo abreu

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

18.092016September 6, 2019
Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Joshua Jennifer Espinoza

Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Joshua Jennifer Espinoza

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What poets do you identify with, or feel you are grouped with by editors, readers, conference organizers, or educators? What misconceptions do you see about...