This journal (curated by Christopher Soto in collaboration with The Lambda Literary Foundation) features a collection of some of the best poetry from the QPOC community. Read More
"It would be redundant to ask if Simmonds plays an instrument when his voice is an instrument, a conduit of incomparable depth and range." Read More
Many of these poems seem interested in the embodiment of the spiritual, finding God (or something like it) through the human body, and sometimes non-human. Read More
Gay and lesbians have long had a complex and often conflicted relationship with organized religion, sometimes facing exclusion—or worse. But at the same time there is a long history of gay people trying to understand queerness as a divine gift or turning to spirituality to celebrate their love for each other. Read More
Few young poets today write with the lacerating chutzpah of Langston Hughes’ “Dream Deferred,” Gwendolyn Brooks’ “The Mother,” or Ginsberg’s “Please Master,” so imagine my delight when I picked up a copy of Kevin Simmonds’ first solo collection... Read More
“I’m always interested in the idea of the sacred and profane. I’m a very spiritual and sexual person. Liberating my...
