I am happy to see that sections from my long poem (15 pages long!) “Self-Portrait With Men in Cars” are out in both OCHO: A Journal of Queer Arts and Weave Magazine. You can download the entire issue of OCHO including an audio recording of me reading my poems. Do it HERE! You can check […]
“I think birds are mysteries, and this is why poets so often bring their presence into poems. “ Erynn Rowan Laurie is a writer, poet, and professional madwoman currently living in Trieste, Italy. Author of Fireflies at Absolute Zero, she is inspired by the early Irish poetic tradition and the place of the geilt, the mad […]
You can see new poems of mine in several places:Most recently Sundog Lit published two of my poems, “Welcome to the Hi-Line,” and “Lange & O’Keeffe, 1933.” You can read them both for free HERE Superstition Review also published a poem, “Dear Federico.” Go HERE to read it. Strangely, many of the poems coming to […]
Folks, sorry for the radio silence. I do have some good news to share though, my poem “Float” appears in PANK Magazine‘s third annual Queer issue. Even more exciting, my poem sits right next to my good friend John Myer‘s piece called “Asking Where“. You can hear me read my own poem for free at […]
My former coworker and all-around talented lady Christina Claassen was busy preparing works for the employee art show at Village Books in Bellingham, WA. She had asked me last spring if she could use some of my prose poems as a jumping off point. I told her to run with it. On my last day […]
I recently read a draft of a poem that had the line “Why recently, I am so drawn to dilapidation.” If you read my recent post, you will know that I most whole-heartedly agree with that statement! Again and again, I am being drawn to images, places, and people that are past their prime. […]
Do you know about Assaracus yet? If not, let me tell you a little story. Once upon a time there was a gay men’s poetry magazine from New York City called Ganymede that printed some very good poetry by well known and unknown gay male poets. It’s editor and sustainer, John Stahl passed away in April of 2010, […]
Paperback, 124 pagesFrom Queer Mojo (a Rebel Satori Imprint)December 2010ISBN: 9781608640263 I have gotten to know Chad Helder in the past year through an interview and correspondence. He was a guest blogger back in October as well. If you have missed either of these or want to know more you can check them out here: […]
Hi there Literary Magpie readers! I’m the guest blogger today (thanks, Jory), and I thought I would write about some of the books that “made me” (thanks to Nate Southard for the idea) as a way to pass along some literary inspiration and explain the origins of my weird books of poetry (Vampire Bridegroom and […]
I’ve been writing about Matthew Shepard, or at least the image of Matthew Shepard clouded by eleven years of martyrology and media distortion. If the gay rights movement has a patron saint, it is the smiling face of Matthew haloed by his longish blond hair. Harvey Milk’s face has been edited out of history by that […]