Dear John, I’ve been reading “Ten Things I Do Every Day” every day. “Now I don’t know anything anymore.” What does sacred, ordinary protocol have to do with knowing anything…
Posts Tagged ‘poetry’
On Being Stuck at Customs: The Poems of Solmaz Sharif
Solmaz, have you thanked your executioner today? — “Social Skills Training”1 These are the first questions I received after giving a virtual talk on my book Climate Lyricism: Aren’t the…
The Lover’s Complaint Concerning His Working Conditions
Heteropessimism is often understood as a female complaint. The idea that heterosexuality’s inequities and disappointments are borne disproportionately by women is so axiomatic that Jane Ward could reasonably dedicate The…