- 1. Amber Tamblyn's Poetry Corner: Stephanie Burt's New Poems "We are Mermaids" Are A Reflection On Identity, Closure, and Pe
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- Amber Tamblyn’s Poetry Corner We Are Mermaids (Graywolf Press) is a potent meditation on personal excavations, written with wit, honesty, and introspection by the singular trans writer, cultural ...
- Created on 12 October 2022
- 2. Live Music and Queer Poetry: "Queers of Noise" is the Dyke March NYC Afterparty You Don't Want to Mi
- (Music)
- It’s Pride Month, which means New York City will be brimming with LGBTQ+ events and festivities for the foreseeable future. One such event is the Dyke March, an annual protest which the organizers say ...
- Created on 07 June 2022
- 3. Jewel Is Back With The R&B and Folk-Influenced "Freewheelin' Woman," Her First Album in 7 Years ...
- (Music)
- ... out with Train and Blues Traveler this summer. And — oh my God! How did I forget Mary Oliver or Alice Walker! (laughs) There’s so many great female poets that are suddenly [coming to mind]. B: Go ...
- Created on 02 May 2022
- 4. Diane di Prima Blesses Us One Last Time With "Spring and Autumn Annals," A Previously Unpublished Memoir and Elegy To A Frien
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- Diane di Prima’s posthumous book Spring and Autumn Annals (City Lights), is filled with all the curiosity, tragedy, desire, and insight that di Prima carried her entire life and was revered for. A rare ...
- Created on 31 March 2022
- 5. From Rupi Kaur to Emi Mahmoud: Here Are Five Women Poets to Celebrate During National Poetry Month
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- It’s the time of year when poets of all backgrounds come together and are celebrated for their work. National Poetry Month was created in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets, in the hopes of uplifting ...
- Created on 09 April 2021
- 6. Week Of Women: The Crown, Ammonite, I Am Greta
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- ... of Adrienne Rich: A Biography by Hilary Holladay Adrienne Rich is one of America’s most prominent 20th century poets – and in her first comprehensive biography, writer Hilary Holladay digs into her ...
- Created on 12 November 2020
- 7. Set Your Spooktober Off Right With These Queer And Women-Centered Virtual Literary Events
- (Books)
- ... host during the event. A purchase of She Persisted in Sports is required to register for the live Zoom event. Click here to buy tickets. Poets House Scarlet Tanager Books Presents Fire and Rain: Ecopoetry ...
- Created on 16 September 2020
- 8. Amber Tamblyn's Poetry Corner: "Lilith, But Dark" by Nichole Perkins ...
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- In each issue of BUST, Amber Tamblyn reviews a book of poetry. From our Spring 2020 issue, here's her review of Lilith, But Dark by Nichole Perkins. Nichole Perkins has written a beautifully aching ...
- Created on 26 May 2020
- 9. Celebrate National Poetry Month With These 5 Collections
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- Founded in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets, National Poetry Month has been celebrated each April to honor the power of this particular form of literature. The ability to express the human condition ...
- Created on 07 April 2020
- 10. Jaquira Díaz On "Ordinary Girls," Home, And Telling Her Story: BUST Intervie
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- ... poets and writers: I realized that writers were important, that their work could touch people, that they could change lives. And it was in my father’s books that I learned about Puerto Rico’s history, ...
- Created on 03 January 2020
- 11. Week Of Women: October 25-31, 2019
- (Entertainment)
- ... print edition of BUST. Astro Poets: Your Guides to the Zodiac by Dorothea Lasky and Alex Dimitrov It’s safe to say anyone with a Twitter account has been waiting for this book for years. In their ...
- Created on 24 October 2019
- 12. The Feminist Guide to Boulder, Colorado
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- ... establishments to be blown away by their roster of small and large name bands, poets, and speakers from around the world. SHOP Rebecca's Herbal Apothecary & Supply Curate your self-care at Rebecca’s ...
- Created on 19 July 2019
- 13. Amber Tamblyn’s Poetry Corner: "Lord Of The Butterflies" By Andrea Gibso
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- ... most important spoken-word poets for well over a decade. But with their latest collection, Lord of the Butterflies (Button Poetry Press), the non-binary author has evolved into something far more profound; ...
- Created on 10 June 2019
- 14. Just A Few Of History's Baddest Queer Bitche
- (Feminism)
- ... of Lesbos (sign me up) around 615 B.C. Sappho wrote about her love for many a woman and was one of the highest regarded poets of her lifetime. Plato called her “the Tenth Muse,” which was a massive compliment ...
- Created on 07 June 2019
- 15. How One Harsh Critic Almost Ended John Keats' Career And Possibly His Life
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- ... so. Yet in the end, Keats was not killed off by one critique. Nor was his name writ on water. Instead, he lives on as one of the most beloved and well-known of the nineteenth-century English Romantic poets. ...
- Created on 22 May 2019
- 16. 8 Short Kids' Films Every Mini-Feminist Should See
- (Entertainment)
- ... with senses, sensations, and pulsating colors. 6. Preschool Poets: Supergirl (United States | Animation, Nancy Kangas & Josh Kun; 2017, 1 min. in English) Poet Penny sums it up best when she says ...
- Created on 20 February 2019
- 17. This 19th Century English Poet Laureate Gave His Cats The Most Elaborate Names
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- Born of humble origins in 1774, Robert Southey went on to become Poet Laureate of England from 1813 until his death in 1843. A contemporary of 19th century Romantic poets like William Wordsworth and ...
- Created on 12 December 2018
- 18. "The Periodic Table of Feminism" Sheds Light On Feminism's Forgotten Trailblaze
- (Books)
- ... musicians, actresses, poets, artists, and other individuals, including Sojourner Truth, bell hooks, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Frida Kahlo, and Roxane Gay. Bios are also dedicated to movements including Riot ...
- Created on 07 November 2018
- 19. Reconsidering Virginia Clemm Poe, Edgar Allan Poe's "Little Wif
- (Books)
- ... erratic. Virginia Clemm Poe is widely disregarded in the historical community…despite her immortal influence on one of the greatest poets of all time. This was a woman who gave all her love to a man ...
- Created on 30 October 2018
- 20. “Lesbians Will Always Be Here And Have Always Been Here”: Talking Queer Visibility, Butchness, And Sinister Wisdom With Writer Carina Julig
- (Feminism)
- ... has expanded, now releasing Sapphic Classic editions of influential poets like Pat Parker, Audre Lorde, and tatiana de la tierra. Sinister Wisdom also just launched its first-ever calendar celebrating ...
- Created on 25 October 2018
