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Without Poetry or Queerness, I Do Not Exist

When I write, when I kiss my girlfriend, when I read Carl Phillips, when I do poppers at the club, all of these things are me announcing my place in…

Gabrielle Grace Hogan —

May 9, 2025

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Black Unicorn by Audre Lorde / Short Film Starring My Beloved's Red Bronco by K Iver / Feed by Tommy Pico

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What Queer Poetry Book Would Fix Each Yellowjacket (Or Make Them Worse)

One of the most important pillars of girlhood is orbiting your entire personality around the likes of Sylvia Plath and writing your own poetry to deal with the woes of…

Gabrielle Grace Hogan —

Apr 15, 2025

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The Best Queer Poetry Releases of 2024

Catch up on all the great queer poetry from this year!

Gabrielle Grace Hogan —

Dec 25, 2024

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This Recently Expanded Poetry Collection Touches on the Ambivalence of Being Queer in Florida

I’m still learning how to be queer in Florida.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Mar 21, 2024

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Masculinity in Transition by K Allison Hammer

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K. Allison Hammer Imagines the Queer and Trans Possibilities of Masculinity

Rather than focus on individual, exceptional figures of toxic masculinity, Hammer wanted to explore masculinity as a cultural form that people of all genders can embody.

Lauren Herold —

Feb 8, 2024

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Nikki Giovanni's face in close up, she appears to be thinking, collaged in front of old, orange-tinted, photos from her past.

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“Going to Mars” Is the Queer Black Women’s Triumph That Nikki Giovanni Deserves

Nikki Giovanni so loves Black women that she never waivers that our strength can only be matched by the stars themselves.

Carmen Phillips —

Jan 15, 2024

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Survival Takes a Wild Imagination by Fariha Róisín

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“Survival Takes a Wild Imagination” Shows How the Labor of Liberation Makes Us Better

Through her newest collection of poetry, Fariha Róisín explores her experiences as a queer, Muslim, Bangladeshi woman trying to heal from a childhood of abuse and the pain of generational…

Stef Rubino —

Jan 2, 2024

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national poetry month

Mare's Nest by Holly Mitchell, I Am the Most Dangerous Thing by Candace Williams, Spellbook For The Sabbath Queen. by Elisheva Fox, and Because You Were Mine by Brionne Janae

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Close Out National Poetry Month by Preordering Queer Poetry Books

Preordering books is a great way to support authors.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Apr 30, 2023

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“Rose Quartz” Review: Poems for the Wounds We Carry

Shades of pink have followed me through my life, showing up in names, flowers, organs, sex.

Em Win —

Apr 27, 2023

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national poetry month

Negative Money by Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, The World Keeps ENding, and the Wold Goes On by Franny Choi, and Freedom House by KB Brookins

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8 Poets With New Queer Books To Check Out This National Poetry Month

If I’ve given you one poetry recommendation, I’ve held back from giving 15.

A. Tony Jerome —

Apr 24, 2023

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25 Lines of Poetry I Think About Once a Day

It’s National Poetry Month, so I become a poetry hound, sniffing out new books and revisiting old ones, finding solace, rage, love, and beauty in some of the words crafted…

danijanae —

Apr 18, 2023

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“Judas Goat” by Gabrielle Bates Made Me Start Writing Again

Once I started Judas Goat, it was nearly impossible to put down.

danijanae —

Jan 24, 2023