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...
Archive for tag: writing
When The Stars Fell On Starlee… And Me
If I were asked to make a list of the podcasts I listen to over and over again, almost all of them would be written...
You Can Find Familiarity in Any Space You Go: A Conversation With Carlina Duan
Nearing the one year birthday of I Wore My Blackest Hair, I was drawn to revisiting this collection of poems. I’m really excited by first...
On Labor’s Value
In the twilight stillness, I watch my son while he sleeps. My partner and I share the responsibilities of feeding him throughout the day. As...
On Bad Behavior: An Interview with Therese Anne Fowler
On the November 25th cover of The New York Times Magazine, Nancy Pelosi poses in a crisp coral pantsuit and matching heels. Her legs are...
Voices of Bettering American Poetry Volume 3 — Tiffany Wu
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...
I, Afterwards
nala-e-bebaak / نالۂ_بیباک (noun, urdu): an audacious sorrow The first signs of verbal violence emerged from a constant comparison between his own literary outputs v/s mine. There...
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...
Unsympathetic Me: Medea as Writer
I am an unsympathetic character. And I take myself way too seriously. I’m too earnest. To top it all off, I am not sure how...
Report from the Field: Justice
This Report from the Field is a post authored by Jody Hobbs Hesler regarding her account of her personal experiences with the Title IX process...