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Close Out National Poetry Month by Preordering Queer Poetry Books
Preordering books is a great way to support authors.
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8 Poets With New Queer Books To Check Out This National Poetry Month
If I’ve given you one poetry recommendation, I’ve held back from giving 15.
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K. Allison Hammer Imagines the Queer and Trans Possibilities of Masculinity
Rather than focus on individual, exceptional figures of toxic masculinity, Hammer wanted to explore masculinity as a cultural form that people of all genders can embody.
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Queer Naija Lit: Akwaeke Emezi’s Poetry Collection Makes Space for Many Selves
This is a book to be read and re-read, like all true stories.
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25 Lines of Poetry I Think About Once a Day
It’s National Poetry Month, so I become a poetry hound, sniffing out new books and revisiting old ones, finding solace, rage, love, and beauty in some of the words crafted by writers I truly admire.
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This Recently Expanded Poetry Collection Touches on the Ambivalence of Being Queer in Florida
I’m still learning how to be queer in Florida.
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“Survival Takes a Wild Imagination” Shows How the Labor of Liberation Makes Us Better
Through her newest collection of poetry, Fariha Róisín explores her experiences as a queer, Muslim, Bangladeshi woman trying to heal from a childhood of abuse and the pain of generational trauma.
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Chance and Error Are Friends to Sadie Dupuis’ Writing Process
Poet and musician Sadie Dupuis talks new collection Cry Perfume, scent and memory, and using autocorrect as a co-writer.
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“Rose Quartz” Review: Poems for the Wounds We Carry
Shades of pink have followed me through my life, showing up in names, flowers, organs, sex.
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“Judas Goat” by Gabrielle Bates Made Me Start Writing Again
Once I started Judas Goat, it was nearly impossible to put down.
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In Verse: Poetry Collections for a Big Life Change
I have never lived anywhere that wasn’t in Pennsylvania. This state is my home, but I’m ready to move on from it.
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In Verse: Poetry Collections That Conjure Spring
In these books, you won’t necessarily find flowers and natural scenes, but you will find a general feeling of rebirth, of growth, and of finding peace within the things that trouble us.
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In Verse: Poetry Collections for a Summer Picnic
If you are going to read one poet in a park, let it be Mary Oliver.
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In Verse: Poetry Collections for Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Whether you’re ready to heal or just want to hear someone else’s story, these poets are experts at examining grief, loss, and recovery.
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In Verse: Poetry Collections for Impressing the One You Love
Being in love is to be full of swell, all bells, and tinkles.
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“The J Girls” Review: Sex, Fire Sauce, and Growing Up in the 90s
The poetry collection is quite a refreshing portrayal of Midwestern teenage girlhood — more focused on exploring the messiness of truth than pleasantries.
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In Verse: Poetry Collections for Broken Hearts
This new series, In Verse, is about bringing you the collections of poetry that meet you where you are at. This first installment is for the person dealing with a broken heart.
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In Verse: Poetry Collections for Pride Month
In a field that was once dominated by the cis straight white male voice, LGBTQ poets and poets of color are finally starting to get their due.
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A Conversation With Jhani Randhawa About Their Poetry Collection “Time Regime”
In this creative nonfiction+artist interview chimera, Almah LaVon Rice reviews the poetry collection Time Regime and wanders its estuaries with author Jhani Randhawa.
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11 Poems to Read to Your Lesbian Lover in Isolation
11 poems of varying lengths that you can read to your lesbian lover with that expensive wood wick candle flickering on the bedside table.