Every Tuesday, Cullen Bailey Burns puts a new poem in the box in front of her house, and then writes an explication of it in her blog. I'm thrilled that she has chosen the title poem from Sweet Weight for this week's entry. Check it out! I'm honored to be in such good company. http://poeminabox.blogspot.com/2012_05_01_archive.html
Still time to submit!
I'm editing a poetry anthology featuring work by lesbian/bi/trans/queer women with a connection to the Midwest. My deadline is May 31, 2012. Squares & Rebels, a brand-new LGBT imprint of Handtype Press, plans to bring out two poetry anthologies in the fall of 2012. Our goal is to help foster a sense of community among …
Why Sweet Weight?
It's the title of my forthcoming book from Tiger Bark Press (June 2012). I think about this book as a study in contrasts and contradictions. It might be somewhat ironic (am I using that term correctly? or at least better than Alanis Morrisette?) to celebrate weight as sweetness. But it IS sweetness. Once we are …
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