Samantha Pious is the translator of A Crown of Violets (Headmistress Press, 2017), a selection of poems by the Anglo-French lesbian writer Renée Vivien. Some of her other translations and poems can be found in Adrienne, Lavender Review, Mezzo Cammin, and other publications.
"None of the categories we depend on are ever fully adequate to represent us, so poetry must always find ways to represent us, whatever we are, that go beyond ready-made language." Read More