Tag: Gay Poetry

‘The Talking Day’ by Michael Klein

The Talking Day is a nuanced, poignant, humane and absorbing collection, making supple use of the intricacies and exquisite radiance of language.

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Divisions and Connections in Queerdom: A Conversation Between Rickey Laurentiis and Darrel Alejandro Holnes

In this in-depth discussion, poets Rickey Laurentiis and Darrel Alejandro Holnes examine categorization in the NYC social scene and in queer literature today.

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Bryan Borland: A Most Fortunate Son

“I’m proud that I didn’t wait until I was perfect to begin. That’s perhaps the biggest lesson. You want something? Do it.”

Bryan Borland, whose newest book is Less Fortunate Pirates: Poems From the First Year Without My Father, is a poet and the noted publisher of Sibling Rivalry Press, which he began in 2009.

Borland talked with Lambda Literary about starting Sibling Rivalry Press, literary life in Arkansas, and his plans for the future…

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R. Zamora Linmark, “5/31/2012”

A new poem by R. Zamora Linmark treats us to a rainy day at the movies.

R. Zamora Linmark is the author of Rolling The R’s and Leche and three collections of poetry published by Hanging Loose Press. He divides his time between Honolulu and Manila, where he is currently working on a novel, revising a play, and completing his fourth poetry collection.

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‘H’ by Jim Elledge

When Walt Whitman declared, “Through

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Gay Latino Poet Richard Blanco has been Chosen as the 2013 Inaugural Poet

Poet Richard Blanco (Looking for the Gulf Motel) has been chosen to be the nation’s fifth inaugural poet. The Presidential Inaugural Committee made the official announcement Wednesday morning. Blanco is the youngest poet “— as well as the first Latino — to take part in an inaugural ceremony.”

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‘Penetralia’ by Richard Foerster

“I’ve loved the dead too

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Queer Spirituality: What Can Poetry Tell Us? A Conversation with Julie Enszer and Kevin Simmonds

Gay and lesbians have long had a complex and often conflicted relationship with organized religion, sometimes facing exclusion—or worse. But at the same time there is a long history of gay people trying to understand queerness as a divine gift or turning to spirituality to celebrate their love for each other.

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21st Annual Lambda Literary Awards

LGBT Anthologies | LGBT Childrens/Young

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