Ms. October I do adore October’s blue sarong, the sliding slits along her whistling hips, and I would die to kiss her ruby lips for all the wet and rotting […]
Author: Mary Meriam
Lesbian Truths and Laughs
The raw, risky, brilliant, inventive, comic genius Ingrid Jungermann is back with Season 2 of her hit web series F to 7th, a comedy about her descent (ascent?) into pre-middle […]
As National Poetry Month Ends, We Welcome A New Women’s Poetry Press
The three mistresses of Headmistress Press, which launched four months ago to publish poetry by lesbians, sat down in cyberspace to talk about their poetic new venture. Mary Meriam: What […]
Was Mary Sidney Really William Shakespeare?
Does the name Mary Sidney ring a bell? No, I thought not. According to Tudor Place, she was born into the aristocracy in 1561; was “carefully educated, acquiring a knowledge […]
Nicole Brossard: Interview with the Lesbian-Feminist French Canadian Poet
I’m perhaps not the best reader of Nicole Brossard’s new book of poems, White Piano, first published in 2011 in French as Piano Blanc and translated for this 2013 Coach House Books […]
It’s Never Too Late to Discover Adrienne Rich
Adrienne Rich, the great, revolutionary lesbian poet whose work seemed to single-handedly change the world for the better.
Ingrid Jungermann Wants to Kickstart More Lesbian Laughs
What good is laughing? We’re engaged in a tremendous battle for women’s rights; what’s so funny? Laughter is an empowerment tool. A good laugh relaxes and recharges us, makes us […]
A Feminist Sculptor’s Stunning Memorial to 9/11
Why are her eyes closed? Why are her palms turned inward? The figure seems to possess superhuman power, stopping the jet-bombs with her hands. But this sculpture is not a […]
When We Were Outlaws: An Interview with Jeanne Córdova
Lesbian-feminist movement pioneer Jeanne Córdova has been fabulous for a long time, organizing, agitating, publishing, speaking out. At last, we can get to know her better in her new book, When […]
A Zodiac of Lesbian Poets
In 2009, a gay poet wrote to me, “I just don’t think lesbian poetry is that important.” This wounding statement fueled my engines, and I wrote a series of poems […]