Over years of working on literary publications, I have never felt particularly compelled to self-disclose as a radical queer editor, instead hoping that the writers I support would make clear my editorial interests. Today, Red Hen Press editor Kate Gale’s tone-deaf, reactionary—perhaps satirical?—piece “AWP Is Us,” posted at Huffington Post, illustrates publishing’s implicit & explicit… Continue reading AWP Is NOT Us
Tag: poetry
Blood Lotus: A Literary Blog: Even If I Gave This a Really Intriguing Title, You Probably Wouldn’t Remember It: Guest post by Matt Mauch, #BLauthor7
Blood Lotus publishes smart writing. POETS: Read this delicious essay. Blood Lotus: A Literary Blog: Even If I Gave This a Really Intriguing Title, You Probably Wouldn’t Remember It: Guest post by Matt Mauch, #BLauthor7.
Piece
So I think I'm writing an essay--or a series of essays--but I keep calling it a collection of prose poems. At what point to I have to admit to myself that I might just be writing prose? Prose terrifies me. Can't I just cling like a sloth to my poet moniker forever? Does this contradict my… Continue reading Piece
Franny Choi
This poem rips and tears. A must-read. To the Man Who Shouted “I Like Pork Fried Rice” at Me on the Street by Franny Choi : Poetry Magazine. Glad Poetry magazine is printing some interesting work. I cancelled my subscription last year because everything they printed was garbage.
Day #12
Inheritance after Cassandra de Alba Slivers of soap marking years like tree rings fused into a pillar; a collection of clown figurines glowering over the duct-taped couch; glass, marble, and plastic eggs embossed with Florida and Eloise; jars caked in ancient dust, a coffee can rattling baby teeth, yellowed newspapers barking the end of the… Continue reading Day #12
NaPoWriMo Update
So I've been writing a lot, but most pieces I've been working on are intensely personal. I have elected to leave them off of the internet. Something I'm doing differently this NaPo around is reading actual books of poetry to supplement my own writing. Matthew Olzmann's Mezzanines, Kristen Stone's Domestication Handbook, and Natasha Trethewey's everything have really… Continue reading NaPoWriMo Update
Day #3
Funeral for Home Watercolor paper stacked rough as old hands-- heater grates open to a desert. Florence Boulevard smolders in inch-deep volcano ash-- thick merlot carpet petrifies like bone. A ghost kicks dirt in the basement. Long hairs drizzle the bathtub. Hornets lull the dead, fruit drops and worms feast.
Poems By James Baldwin
Happy #NaPoWriMo everyone. I'll be posting some of my dailies here. In the meantime, here are three gems from James Baldwin's NEW poetry collection. "I Don’t Feel Death Coming / I Feel Death Going": 3 Poems By James Baldwin.
#NaPoWriMo
In preparation for the inception of NaPoWriMo--an intense thirty-day poetry binge for those of us paralyzed by fears of audience, topic, detail, and ourselves--we discuss why anyone would put themselves through the torturous process of writing a bad poem draft every single day. The answer? Lots of wine. It's almost April, which means baby animals, Earth… Continue reading #NaPoWriMo
5 Words to NEVER Use in Poetry
Another in the JBAC series--this time, gearing up for NaPoWriMo. I'm still considering if I will participate, but I'm leaning yes. I need something to rev my poetry into high gear, and last time I participated (in 2012), I ended up with half of my creative writing thesis. There are many things worthy of a… Continue reading 5 Words to NEVER Use in Poetry
Jesse Rice-Evans 