What to Read When You are Visited by Grief
Annie Connole shares a reading list to celebrate THE SPRING.
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...moreDeborah A. Miranda discusses her new collection of poetry, ALTAR FOR BROKEN THINGS.
...moreAn exclusive look at the cover of the forthcoming anthology, HOW TO LOVE THE WORLD.
...moreJudith Santopietro discusses TIAWANAKU. POEMAS DE LA MADRE COQA/POEMS FROM THE MOTHER COQA.
...moreThis is stunning work—painful, embodied, and glorious.
...moreLiterary events in and around the Bay Area this week!
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...moreAfter all, isn’t this often the truth of loss? What once was home becomes a graveyard.
...moreLimón’s ability to express her speaker’s connection to the earth, her desire to bring forth life in all its forms, is breathtaking.
...moreA Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
...more“I always feel like I’m starting over. I don’t know how I ever wrote a poem. I really do have that feeling.”
...moreTerese Mailhot discusses her debut memoir, Heart Berries, writing candidly about one’s personal life, and the good that can come from anger.
...moreLiterary events and readings in and around L.A. this week!
...moreThe day you follow me to that mound of oyster shells on the beach is the day I realize muscle and bone have been at war for a long, long time.
...moreJoy Harjo is a craftswoman of poetry. Her poems are constructed with such precision and graceful narration that I don’t consider them to be mere poems, but sermons.
...moreReading my own poetry feels like looking into a blurred old mirror at an antique shop. I can’t tell if I look good or pale and pasty. I can’t figure out if it’s my writing or my self-criticism that is falling flat. But lately that’s been changing. I’ve been writing poems that aren’t cast in […]
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