Lesbian poetry Archives

May 21, 2015 3 min read

In short, lush lines on expansive subjects, Melissa Studdard deftly guides her debut poetry collection, I Ate the Cosmos for Breakfast, through cycles of time, space and emotion. Read More

“beliefs.” by Candice Iloh

Poetry Editor

Poetry Spotlight

May 18, 2015 1 min read

This week, a poem by Candice Iloh. Read More

‘Erebus’ by Jane Summer and ‘Fanny Says’ by Nickole Brown

Julie R. Enszer

Poetry Reviews

May 3, 2015 5 min read

Two recent collections express documentary impulses in contemporary poetry Read More

‘Stranger’s Mirror: New and Selected Poems 1994-2014’ by Marilyn Hacker

Julie R. Enszer

Poetry Reviews

March 25, 2015 9 min read

A Stranger’s Mirror demonstrates Hacker’s continued formal mastery; she effortlessly spins one sonnet into two, then three, then seven, leaving readers always breathless for more. Read More

“Too bright/ is the heaven I’m after”: A Review of Celeste Gainey’s ‘The Gaffer’

Julie Marie Wade

Poetry Reviews

March 17, 2015 6 min read

Celeste Gainey’s debut collection, The Gaffer, is a triumph of nouns—of people, places, things, and ideas presented to us in the most trenchant and timely ways. Read More

‘When I Was Straight’ by Julie Marie Wade

ArielleYarwood

Poetry Reviews

August 6, 2014 2 min read

When I Was Straight offers a look into Wade’s “before and after:” the first half of the book tackles her life before coming out, and the second half details people’s reactions to learning that she’s a lesbian. Read More

‘Tiger Heron’ by Robin Becker

Stephanie Glazier

Poetry Reviews

June 18, 2014 2 min read

"Observant songs of history and elegy, these poems turn our faces to what we can do with love and language, and what we can’t." Read More

‘Viral’ by Suzanne Parker

July Westhale

Poetry Reviews

June 1, 2014 1 min read

How do you sleep when the siren is your own exhaled cry: “Oh Christ” –From “Only Kissing”, by Suzanne Parker...

Cheryl Clarke’s ‘Living as a Lesbian’: The Wherewithal to Tell It as It Is

Julie Marie Wade

Opinion Poetry

May 26, 2014 7 min read

"Clarke is a provocative poet who never asks permission to make her voice heard." Read More

‘Breaking Up with Los Angeles’ by Raquel Gutiérrez

Heidi Andrea Restrepo Rhodes

Poetry Reviews

May 14, 2014 2 min read

The demise of many long-term relationships are rife with familiar battles: the nostalgia for romantic times gone by, the gratitude...

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

‘Beyond Binary: Genderqueer and Sexually Fluid Speculative Fiction’ edited by Brit Mandelo

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

Read This! Excerpt from American Gospel by Miah Jeffra

‘I Ate the Cosmos for Breakfast’ by Melissa Studdard

“beliefs.” by Candice Iloh

‘Erebus’ by Jane Summer and ‘Fanny Says’ by Nickole Brown

‘Stranger’s Mirror: New and Selected Poems 1994-2014’ by Marilyn Hacker

“Too bright/ is the heaven I’m after”: A Review of Celeste Gainey’s ‘The Gaffer’

‘When I Was Straight’ by Julie Marie Wade

‘Tiger Heron’ by Robin Becker

‘Viral’ by Suzanne Parker

Cheryl Clarke’s ‘Living as a Lesbian’: The Wherewithal to Tell It as It Is

‘Breaking Up with Los Angeles’ by Raquel Gutiérrez

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

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

If property is theft, then what is a photograph? A Review of The Unintended by Monica Huerta