"I think the reality of hip hop is that women and queer people and a lot of folks who we think about being in the margins have always been at the center of the culture." Read More
"To put yourself out there constantly, in newspapers, film and social media, requires nerves of steel. It also requires a stubborn set of values and a strong sense of self." Read More
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
The Devastation opens on the scene of two lovers at the bottom of the ocean, the 'Devastation' having swept away their language and identities. The text that follows strives to give form to such an existence Read More
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
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
Tweaky Village takes scrambled bits of pop culture, light, and color, and reassembles them into flickering lines that create, ultimately, a cohesive, captivating picture
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