Lesbian poets Freesia McKee and Farrell Greenwald Brenner talk libraries, poetry as possibility and the solidarity between a writer and their readers.
Author: Mary Meriam
Mary Meriam advocates for the right of women to love each other in their poetry and art, and strives to give their work a place at the table. She writes about and publishes such work in the journal she founded, Lavender Review, at the press she cofounded, Headmistress Press, and at Ms. magazine, The Critical Flame, and The Gay & Lesbian Review. Her poetry collections, The Countess of Flatbroke, The Poet's Zodiac, The Lillian Trilogy, and Lady of the Moon, honor a cosmos of strong, creative women. Her latest collection, My Girl's Green Jacket, was published in 2018, and her poems have appeared recently in Poetry, Prelude, and Subtropics.
The Lesbian Poets of Headmistress Press: Laura Foley and Maureen Bocka
Two lesbian poets talk emotional journeys, writing as practice and Barbie dolls.
The Lesbian Poets of Headmistress Press: Robin Reagler and Diane Furtney in Conversation
Two lesbian poets talk grief, solitude, small towns and Texas troopers.
The Lesbian Poets of Headmistress Press: Marissa Higgins and Samantha Pious in Conversation
Two lesbian poets talk translation, taboos and the duality of pleasure and pain.
The Lesbian Poets of Headmistress Press: Gail Thomas and Lesléa Newman in Conversation
Two lesbian poets talk form, first books and advice for aspiring writers.
The Lesbian Poets of Headmistress Press: Joy Ladin and Risa Denenberg in Conversation
Two lesbian poets talk elegies, illness and difference.
The Lesbian Poets of Headmistress Press: Jessica K. Hylton and Jen Rouse in Conversation
Two lesbian poets talk about journeys, being seen and fusing the biographic with the fantastic.
Inside the Secret Life of Lesbian Feminist Artist Romaine Brooks
Did you catch the Guerrilla Girls on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert? They giggled a lot, but these girls are serious—and have been serious for 30 years—about righting a multitude of wrongs against women artists. The Guerrilla Girls each have a secret identity named for a woman artist: Frida Kahlo, Romaine Brooks, Georgia O’Keeffe and Emily […]
Subverting the “Girlie” Calendar: September
Ms. September September’s kohl-rimmed eyes at cabaret, her turtleneck in black, the color wrong. But will she listen? No, this is her song, the little room now falling, flows away. A “girlie calendar” makes one think of men’s lockers, walls of auto repair shops or a military barracks: They’re typically collections of nude or scantily […]
Subverting the “Girlie” Calendar: August
Ms. August Downstream in August, down the heron flew, straight through the secret bower where we stay in ferny waterfalls, safe from the day, forgotten as her words, a fonds perdu. A “girlie calendar” makes one think of men’s lockers, walls of auto repair shops or a military barracks: They’re typically collections of nude or […]