The breadth of this collection is undoubtedly its biggest strength and we have Bergquist to thank. From the queer theoretical treatise on Chicago gentrification by Yasmin Nair to the gorgeous impressionistic poetry of Carina Gia Ferraro, this volume delivers top-notch pieces across the board. Read More
Can something true but unbearable happen out of the sense of wonder? Is one addicted to the gaze that follows...
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
Daphne Gottlieb’s latest poetry collection, true to its title, is a fight for survival in a world rife with conflict, oppression, disaster, and heartbreak. There is no respite. Moments of pure beauty are so few as to be jarring. This is poetry that tells its unflinching truth. Read More
“I’m always interested in the idea of the sacred and profane. I’m a very spiritual and sexual person. Liberating my...
The good news, girl is that you eat the heart first so you will not love what you have to...
Renowned lesbian poet Kay Ryan was recently named a MacArthur Fellow. The prestigious Fellowship is a $500,000, no-strings-attached grant for individuals who have...
“Free” is universally appreciated concept. Free items, free expression, and of course, freedom from constraints or burdens—all of these figure...
Christopher Stephen Soden’s work Closer, stirs. It is filled with wry, coercive wanting—his poems waft past ethereal men, Gods, jock...
Chocolate Waters’s three earlier books of poetry, To the man reporter from the Denver Post, Take Me Like a Photograph,...
