“Too bright/ is the heaven I’m after”: A Review of Celeste Gainey’s ‘The Gaffer’
Celeste Gainey’s debut collection, The Gaffer, is a triumph of nouns—of people, places, things, and ideas presented to us in the most trenchant and timely ways.
“We inhabit the brutal. We are shattered every day./ We look askew”: A Review of Dawn Lundy Martin’s ‘Life in a Box is a Pretty Life’
One of the many things I admire about Dawn Lundy Martin’s poetry is her potent ability to puzzle the reader without losing the reader
A Poem by Ed Madden
This week, a poem by Ed Madden.
Two Poems by Ilinca Popescu
This week, two poems by Ilinca Popescu.
‘The Erotic Postulate’ by Matthew Hittinger
Throughout The Erotic Postulate, the politics of “coming together” are explored with a ruthless clarity that is neither cynical nor sentimental.
I Am Not Not Me: Unmaking and Remaking the Language of the Self
As we develop new syntax for trans identity, we will be developing new ways of understanding all identity
‘Trespass’ by Thomas Dooley
Dooley has a particular heartbreaking family story to relate, of children abused, of the traumatized adults who find themselves in closets both metaphorical and literal
‘They Don’t Kill You Because They’re Hungry, They Kill You Because They’re Full’ by Mark Bibbins
Julie Marie Wade gives you ten reasons to read Mark Bibbins’ newest book.
‘The Possibilities of Mud’ by Joe Jiménez
The speaker in The Possibilities
