Mercury Retrograde you have brought me a cold and car trouble my head full of pebbles and water you scrambling planet hot little god of cock- sure orbit and a handbag name all merch and mayhem you turn this day like a trick toward hell nothing works not zinc not the new fuse not even love functions you little fucker 🟣🟣🟣 Leslie LaChance is a poet, essayist, and editor who splits…
ERASE the Patriarchy: An Interview with Joanna C. Valente
This is the seventh and final part of an interview series with authors whose work appeared in Erase the Patriarchy (University of Hell Press, 2020), the erasure-poetry anthology edited by Isobel O’Hare that offers readers myriad points of entry from which to consider & re-consider the subgenre in all its weird, messy power and unreduced complexity. In addition to…
ERASE the Patriarchy: An Interview with Tara Burke
This is part six of an interview series with authors whose work appeared in Erase the Patriarchy (University of Hell Press, 2020), the erasure-poetry anthology edited by Isobel O’Hare that offers readers myriad points of entry from which to consider & re-consider the subgenre in all its weird, messy power and unreduced complexity. In addition to Mx….
ERASE the Patriarchy: An Interview with Katie Manning
This is part five of an interview series with authors whose work appears in the erasure-poetry anthology Erase the Patriarchy (University of Hell Press, 2020), which offers readers myriad points of entry from which to consider & re-consider the subgenre. Previous interviewees include editor Isobel O’Hare, as well as authors Tara Campbell, Kitty Stryker, and Addie Tsai. Part five…
ERASE the Patriarchy: An Interview with Addie Tsai
This is part four of an interview series with authors whose work appears in the erasure-poetry anthology Erase the Patriarchy (University of Hell Press, 2020), about which I generally can’t say enough good things. You can read the first interview, with editor Isobel O’Hare, here; the second interview, with author and Barrelhouse Fiction co-Editor Tara Campbell, here; and the…
ERASE the Patriarchy: An Interview with Kitty Stryker
This is part three of an interview series with authors whose work appears in the anthology Erase the Patriarchy (University of Hell Press, 2020), about which I generally can’t say enough good things. You can read the first interview, with editor Isobel O’Hare, here; and the second interview, with author and Barrelhouse Fiction Editor Tara Campbell, here. This…
ERASE the Patriarchy: An Interview with Tara Campbell
If you’ve read Erase the Patriarchy, the erasure anthology edited by Isobel O’Hare and published by University of Hell Press (2020), you may enjoy hearing what the editor and some of the poets have to say about the book and their work in it, respectively. The first interview in this series, in which I speak…
ERASE the Patriarchy: An Interview with Editor Isobel O’Hare
Like most people I know, I had a lot going on during 2020. I was very conscious of which people and things I made time for, as well as the people and things that took my time. Most of my preferred activities were not literary; but a few were, and one such occasion memorably occurred…
Ariel Walks Into a Bar
Limps, really. Drops onto the first stool, starts rubbing her bare blistered feet. She nods upwards once to the bartender the way drunks do to signal whatever’s cheap. I gave up my voice you know–fought a bitch to get it back. And now it hurts to stand. Every step is glass. We let her talk….
Come Along with Me to the Pasture Now, by Arielle Greenberg
Sydney Kay (SK) interviews Arielle Greenberg (AG) about her book, Come Along With Me to the Pasture Now, a dynamic poetry collection exploring motherhood, belonging, race, place, and more. Come Along With Me to the Pasture Now is available for purchase in our bookstore. SK : The handwritten notes throughout the book feel so organic,…
A Spell for Living: Interview with Keisha-Gaye Anderson
Sydney Kay interviews Agape author Keisha-Gaye Anderson about her multimedia poetry collection, A Spell for Living, exploring self-awareness, resilience, and making peace with that which cannot be changed. SK: This collection feels like a call to action, or even a handbook for life, drawing from your own experiences and your ancestors’ experiences. These poems have…
You Woke Up in Heaven and You Live There Now but You Will Come Back: A Review of Katie Manning’s 28,065 Nights
In Katie Manning’s 28,065 Nights (River Glass Books, 2020) the speaker tells stories about her grandmother to dive into the joys and sorrows of being human: small details like poor girls using vanilla for perfume or what pieces of us hide in a grandmother’s dresser drawers. Manning’s prose poems spill out confessions, family secrets, and…
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