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