Poetry Archives

January 21, 2010 4 min read

Brown is a generous writer—he never forgets his audience, never turns his back or forgets that you’ve paid your admission. ...

‘Gospel’ by Samiya Bashir

Julie R. Enszer

Poetry

January 21, 2010 2 min read

Lambda Award Finalist Gospel, Samiya Bashir’s second book of poetry, begins “at the crossroads” where “[w]e argue as if Capulet...

'Evidence' by Mary Oliver

Julie R. Enszer

Poetry

January 20, 2010 3 min read

Mary Oliver’s new collection of poetry, Evidence, continues her exuberant engagement with the natural world. Lovers of her poetry will...

'Mariposas' by Emanuel Xavier

Reginald Harris

Poetry

January 19, 2010 2 min read

Although Cuban-American Rafael Campo is a much anthologized, multiple-award winning poet and author, it remains difficult for openly gay Latino...

The World Underneath: Richard Tayson

Brent Calderwood

Poetry

July 21, 2009 3 min read

With his second book of poetry, Richard Tayson delivers mightily on the promise of his wonderful debut collection, The Apprentice...

‘Want’ by Rick Barot

Brent Calderwood

Poetry

July 15, 2009 2 min read

Rick Barot, whose first book, The Darker Fall, won Sarabande Books’ Kathryn A. Morton Prize in 2002, is back with...

‘Boy With Flowers’ by Ely Shipley

Brent Calderwood

Poetry Reviews

July 6, 2009 2 min read

Boy with Flowers (Barrow Street), selected by Carl Phillips for the Barrow Street Press Poetry Prize, is one of the...

love belongs to those who do the feeling: New and Selected Poems (1966-2006): Judy Grahn

Julie R. Enszer

Poetry

June 23, 2009 2 min read

For the first time since the 1984 edition of The Work of a Common Woman (Crossing Press), there is a...

Cave of the Yellow Volkswagen: Maureen Seaton

Julie R. Enszer

Poetry

June 16, 2009 2 min read

One of the earliest poems that I fell in love with was Maureen Seaton’s poem “White Balloon” from her second...

Causeway: Elaine Sexton

Julie R. Enszer

Poetry

June 2, 2009 2 min read

At the very center of Causeway, poet Elaine Sexton’s second collection of poetry, she concludes the poem “Sea School” with...

Reviews

Unearthing Queer Archive in Early 1990’s West Palm Beach, Florida

The Mars House: Science Fiction and the Hazards of Imagination

Maps of Belonging: Italian Trans Geographies

Random

We Will Not Be Erased! Support Trans Storytellers!

Features

Unearthing Queer Archive in Early 1990’s West Palm Beach, Florida

Maps of Belonging: Italian Trans Geographies

Dreaming up a Hopeful Future: A Conversation with Grist authors on queer climate fiction

Interviews

Bonds & Boundaries: A Conversation with Dale Corvino

Dreaming up a Hopeful Future: A Conversation with Grist authors on queer climate fiction

“What if it was both and all of the above?”: An interview with CJ Hauser

Excerpts

An Excerpt from Sleep Tight Satellite: Stories by Carol Guess

Read This! Excerpt from the delicacy of embracing spirals by mimi tempestt

In Bed with Joan Nestle

'Please' by Jericho Brown

‘Gospel’ by Samiya Bashir

'Evidence' by Mary Oliver

'Mariposas' by Emanuel Xavier

The World Underneath: Richard Tayson

‘Want’ by Rick Barot

‘Boy With Flowers’ by Ely Shipley

love belongs to those who do the feeling: New and Selected Poems (1966-2006): Judy Grahn

Cave of the Yellow Volkswagen: Maureen Seaton

Causeway: Elaine Sexton

Unearthing Queer Archive in Early 1990’s West Palm Beach, Florida

The Mars House: Science Fiction and the Hazards of Imagination

Maps of Belonging: Italian Trans Geographies

The High Stakes of Young Adulthood: A Review of Idlewild by James Frankie Thomas

An Artist’s Journey from the U.S.-Mexico Border: An Interview with Ashley Robin Franklin

People Collide by Isle McElroy: A Review

Reviewing Bad Gays; or how we use the past to shape the future

A Review of Cassandra Khaw’s The Salt Grows Heavy