The more secrets I wrote about, the fewer I wanted to keep. And the more secrets I made public through my writing, the more I gained. ...more
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The more variation we see in life, the more it becomes less about seeing one type of book by marginalized people. ...more
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Being a teenager sucks. It’s not pretty or nice or sweet or kind. ...more
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Maureen Seaton sits down to discuss queering poetry, collaborating on collections, vacillating between literary genres, and why Audre Lorde's "Uses of the Erotic" is at the top of her credos.
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All class is a privilege, even the lowliest have a vernacular that is all their own that they use to keep people in and keep people out. I like to use a lot of vernaculars next to each other in awkward ways because we all deal with the filters of the larger culture which is always trying to decide if you know what you’re doing.
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