More Than A Magazine, A Movement
Mary Meriam—founding editor of Headmistress Press, one of the few presses in the United States specializing in lesbian poetry— interviews t’ai freedom ford about her fantastic new collection, “& more black.”
“As a Black, queer, masculine presenting woman, my writing is informed by these identities and how someone like me negotiates the mainstream/dominant American culture that consistently seeks to marginalize my voice and the voices of those who look, act and love like me.”
Coming out doesn’t make you at home in the world; nor, certainly, does sex. You need bonds beyond sex: a community, a culture, a shared set of obsessions. “Love on […]
Two lesbian poets talk religion, grief and pain.
Two lesbian poets discuss the body, their relationships with words and telling the truth.
Two lesbian poets talk about sexism, bird songs and the image of God.
A meandering and convivial conversation ensued complete with delicious macarons and a waltz around the grounds of Smith College.
Lesbian poets Freesia McKee and Farrell Greenwald Brenner talk libraries, poetry as possibility and the solidarity between a writer and their readers.
Two lesbian poets talk emotional journeys, writing as practice and Barbie dolls.
Two lesbian poets talk grief, solitude, small towns and Texas troopers.
Two lesbian poets talk translation, taboos and the duality of pleasure and pain.
