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Yrsa Daley-Ward: On Divorcing Analysis from Process and Voicing the Unspoken

Thomas March

“Things have so many edges, so much nuance, and that’s why poetry’s so beautiful, because you can relate to something that was really quite disturbing or dark, and approach it almost in a tongue and cheek manner.”… read more

Appreciations: Charif Shanahan’s "Preface"

Thomas March
December 04, 2017

Every month, “Appreciations” looks closely at a poem or poems from recently-published books by LGBTQ poets… read more

Performer and Author Justin Sayre on Writing His YA Novels

Thomas March

“I think in some ways the message of the books is to have enormous empathy because you don’t know what someone else is going through.”… read more

Appreciations: Cheryl Clarke's "in this hostile corridor"

Thomas March
May 30, 2017

Every month, “Appreciations” looks closely at a poem or poems from recently-published books by LGBTQ poets. … read more

Appreciations: Derrick Austin's "Summertime"

Thomas March
August 31, 2016

Every month, “Appreciations” looks closely at a poem or poems from recently-published books by LGBTQ poets… read more

Appreciations: Christina Hutchins’ "Vigil"

Thomas March
May 24, 2016

Every month, “Appreciations” looks closely at a poem or poems from recently-published books by LGBTQ poets… read more

Appreciations: Ben Ladouceur's "I Am in Love with Your Brother"

Thomas March
February 29, 2016

Every month, “Appreciations” looks closely at a poem or poems from recently-published books by LGBTQ poets… read more

Appreciations: Lilith Latini’s “Wolves” and Rickey Laurentiis’ “You Are Not Christ”

Thomas March
December 29, 2015

Every month, “Appreciations” looks closely at a selection of excellent poems from recently-published books by LGBTQ poets… read more

'The Pink Trance Notebooks' by Wayne Koestenbaum

Thomas March
November 02, 2015

The collection is apparently the result of a year-long hiatus from journal writing in favor of this more immediate, unfiltered transcription of a mind at work… read more

'A History of the Unmarried' by Stephen S. Mills

Thomas March
December 09, 2014

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


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