Notes from the Invisible Man: Erasure of the Queer Narrative

I recently had a lively exchange with a fellow poet about women getting it on with other women in poetry.  In the poems, the speaker or narrator (as far as can be surmised about such things) identified as heterosexual.  The poems under discussion were brave for their honest discussion of secrets and sexuality–experiences that get […]

Post Holiday Gifts, Rebecca Brown and G.I. Joe

When I was young the day after Christmas was reserved for showing off the gifts that I had been given to my friends and vice versa. Sometimes we were allowed to play with the new toys and sometimes we only got to look. * * * I have been reading Rebecca Brown’s collection of short […]