Poetry Archives

December 9, 2014 3 min read

Many of the most compelling poems in the collection examine the liberties—sexual, intellectual, and imaginative—that intimacy can actually encourage, not just withstand. Read More

Christopher Hennessy: On Interviewing Acclaimed Gay Poets and the Tradition of Queer Poetry

Blake Campbell

Interviews

December 3, 2014 18 min read

Poet Christopher Hennessy discusses his latest book and the shaping of his own personal poetics. Read More

“What if I risk/Taking the head of death/Here in the dark, far/And deep”: Jericho Brown Adds Risky, Prophetic Poems to His Evolving, Elegiac Canon

Julie Marie Wade

Poetry Reviews

December 3, 2014 7 min read

Julie Marie Wade on Jericho Brown's latest poetry collection The New Testament Read More

‘Blue Horses’ by Mary Oliver

Isaiah Vianese

Poetry Reviews

November 12, 2014 3 min read

Continuing an artistic renaissance that began with A Thousand Mornings, Mary Oliver’s latest poetry collection, Blue Horses, finds her exploring a new home and rediscovering love. Read More

In Conversation: Christopher Gaskins and Robert Siek

Edit Team

Features Interviews

October 28, 2014 10 min read

In celebration of the one-year anniversary of the release of each of their first books of poetry, Christopher Gaskins and Robert Siek have a discussion about their collections, focusing on the themes and styles in their work. Read More

‘Make Love to Rage’ by Morgan Robyn Collado

Mitch Kellaway

Features Poetry

October 21, 2014 2 min read

Rage / Making / Love. Trans, working-class, femme Columbian-Puerto Rican poet Morgan Robyn Collado splits her debut collection, Make Love...

‘Blue Hanuman’ by Joan Larkin

July Westhale

Poetry Reviews

October 15, 2014 2 min read

“for I am a dirty bird/no wire cage can save” -Joan Larkin, “Chicken” Joan Larkin has been praised extensively for...

Saeed Jones: On His New Poetry Collection ‘Prelude to Bruise,’ Art vs. Rhetoric, and Camp Aesthetics

William Johnson

Features Interviews

September 30, 2014 8 min read

"[ ...] I’ve always been intrigued by protagonists who have access to a lot of information but perhaps not as much wisdom, who feel deeply but struggle to understand the logic of those feelings." Read More

“Body-Process: Mark Morrisroe” by Dana Kopel

Poetry Editor

Poetry Spotlight

September 30, 2014 2 min read

This week, a poem by Dana Kopel. Read More

‘A Several World’ by Brian Blanchfield

Tony Leuzzi

Poetry Reviews

September 23, 2014 4 min read

"Unlike many master verse stylists, Blanchfield is bursting with things to say, and in ways that have not been said before. As a result, A Several World is a challenging, baffling, wonderful book." Read More

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

‘A History of the Unmarried’ by Stephen S. Mills

Christopher Hennessy: On Interviewing Acclaimed Gay Poets and the Tradition of Queer Poetry

“What if I risk/Taking the head of death/Here in the dark, far/And deep”: Jericho Brown Adds Risky, Prophetic Poems to His Evolving, Elegiac Canon

‘Blue Horses’ by Mary Oliver

In Conversation: Christopher Gaskins and Robert Siek

‘Make Love to Rage’ by Morgan Robyn Collado

‘Blue Hanuman’ by Joan Larkin

Saeed Jones: On His New Poetry Collection ‘Prelude to Bruise,’ Art vs. Rhetoric, and Camp Aesthetics

“Body-Process: Mark Morrisroe” by Dana Kopel

‘A Several World’ by Brian Blanchfield

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