Tag: Candice Iloh

Writer Candice Iloh is the Recipient of Lambda Literary Home School Fellowship

Lambda Literary is thrilled to announce that Candice Iloh is the recipient of the Lambda Literary Home School Fellowship

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How the Words of Nikky Finney Help Get Us Through Breaking Up & Breaking Down

Candice Iloh on how the work of the poet Nikky Finney can help us navigate through the world

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Kevin Coval, Quraysh Ali Lansana, and Nate Marshall: On the Queer Aspects of Hip Hop

“I think the reality of hip hop is that women and queer people and a lot of folks who we think about being in the margins have always been at the center of the culture.”

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Dawn Martin Lundy: On the Power of Forgetting and Her New Collection ‘Life in a Box is a Pretty Life’

“What I believe in is forgetting; it’s transformative, if not reformative, power. What does it mean to truly leave something behind? To excise a happening from not only your thoughts, but also from your body?”

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“beliefs.” by Candice Iloh

This week, a poem by Candice Iloh.

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Danez Smith: On His New Poetry Collection, Writing About Gay Sex, and the Power of Blackness

“Today, being black and gay is an armor, a gospel I love dearly. I love black queers. I love who and how we are. It’s taught me a lot of love; how it can surprise you with its leaps and failures.”

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