After reading Sam Escobar's essay "On Being Non-Binary in Female-Centric Spaces" and Kat Marchán's "On the Design of Women's Spaces," I realized my original list, "LBT+ Women and Non-Binary Poets," was saying one thing and doing another. My list mentioned non-binary poets in the title, but the vast majority of poets were still women. What …
A poem in The G&LR!
I am beyond excited to have a poem appearing in The Gay & Lesbian Review this month! I can't link to the poem itself, but you can subscribe and/or purchase a copy at your local LGBT+ bookstore. TL;DR—I imagine a same-gender liaison between Apple's Siri and Amazon's Alexa. Computer code may be binary, but these virtual …
~Mice & Gravy~
I was listening to Pat Humphries and my cat was hungry. Lately she has been boycotting kibble and demanding wet food ...
Good news & bad news …
At my publisher's suggestion, I'm giving in and registering for an Amazon Author Page. Headmistress Press is an independent publisher of lesbian*-identified poetry (note: this includes poetry by bi+ women, trans women, non-binary people, and Two-Spirit people) and hopefully my Author Page will make it easier for people to find and order my book and …
Medieval Women Poets in Translation
I've compiled this woefully incomplete list of medieval women's poetry in translation partly as self-promotion and partly in order to share resources. Additions are welcome. Happy #WITMonth, everyone! Classical Arabic, 4000 BCE – 1492 CE Abdullah al-Udhari, tr. & ed. Classical Poems by Arab Women. Saqui Books, 1999. Hebrew, 10th – mid-15th centuries Shirley Kaufman, …
Where to buy my book (NOT Amazon!)
In light of the Amazon workers' strike , I am removing all links to my book's Amazon webpage from my author website. Readers, if you would like to order a copy, I urge you to do so through my publisher, Headmistress Press. My book is distributed through CreateSpace, which is owned by Amazon, so this is …
An interview with Marissa Higgins in Ms.
Marissa Higgins and I interviewed each other as the fourth installment in "The Lesbian Poets of Headmistress Press," a series of conversations between Headmistress poets, on Ms. Magazine's blog. *LBT women & non-binary poets, SUBMIT your manuscripts to the Charlotte Mew Contest, awarded annually through Headmistress Press! This year's judge is Ching-In Chen.*
