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Riese’s Team Pick: New Poem from Eileen Myles

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Apr 22, 2010
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Hi Eileen Myles is my favorite poet who also happens to be queer. The Awl has a new poem from her. It’s called “Smile.”

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Riese is the co-founder of Autostraddle.com as well as an award-winning writer, video-maker and LGBTQ+ Marketing consultant. Her work has appeared in nine books, magazines including Marie Claire and Curve, and all over the web including Nylon, Queerty, Nerve, Bitch, Emily Books and Jezebel. She had a very popular personal blog once upon a time, and then she recapped The L Word, and then she had the idea to make this place, and now here we all are! In 2016, she was nominated for a GLAAD Award for Outstanding Digital Journalism. She grew up in Michigan, lost her mind in New York, and now lives in Los Angeles. Follow her on twitter and instagram.

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  • Emily
    April 22, 2010 at 7:46 pm

    i like.

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  • Kait
    April 22, 2010 at 10:14 pm

    awesome

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  • Sally
    April 23, 2010 at 6:04 am

    This is the best poem mentioning Mark Wahlberg that I have ever read.

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  • Ziggy Hreins
    April 23, 2010 at 6:11 am

    I think i have met her but i´m not sure.

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