I just found this excerpt from a blog post that I wrote over 10 years ago when I was just about to start my Masters program in Europe. I didn't see my parents (in-person) for two years while I completed the program, [Prep for the pandemic?], and before I disembarked…

It's poetry, not a peer-reviewed scientific article. [This article is syndicated with permission from The Poetry Lab] As poets, we often use poetry to process or bear witness to the multitudes of human experiences. I am no stranger to autobiographical poetry — the subtitle of my book, Survived By is…

An alternative approach to Trans advocacy and activism in anti-Trans states. At the end of this month, my poetry collection Survived By: A Memoir in Verse + Other Poems debuts with Curious Corvid Publishing, and this summer, I'm going on an in-person book tour. I'll be starting off in Jackson…

Weekly virtual class on Zoom CLI FAQs What is CLI? CLI stands for Community Literature Initiative. It is a literary nonprofit based in Southern California with the mission of teaching writers of color and other historically silenced writers how to write and publish poetry collections. …

Winner of the 2023 Jackson Hole Poetry Box Contest

An Explanation of Each Form in a Handy-Dandy List Okay, so you're reading Stephanie Rogers' Fat Girl Forms, and you got Haiku and Acrostic down, but then you hit "terza rima" and you're like… uh… wha? I got you, Boo. This companion guide has the (traditional) explanation of each form in the order it appears in the book. …

Cis-Passing in Lebanon by Noor 'Ditee Jaber

"A hauntingly beautiful portrayal of the undying love found in grief." — Brazilian poet, Larissa Freitas, author of Viva, by Definition. Find Survived By on Curious Corvid Publishing here! SURVIVED BY, began after Anne Marie learned of her father’s terminal cancer diagnosis. On December 13, 2019, after her father collapsed…

Donate to Buzzin' Books' Crowdfunding campaign before April 30th and be automatically registered in this creative writing workshop. The co-owners of Buzzin’ Books are crowdfunding to glow up their pop-up bookstore into a full on brick and mortar in the heart of Buffalo, NY. Anyone who donates any amount to…