The Complexities on Performance and Passing

November 20, 2018

Joanna C. Valente is a human who lives in Brooklyn, New York. They are the author of Sirs & Madams, The Gods Are Dead, Marys of the Sea, & Xenos, No(body) (forthcoming, Madhouse Press, 2019) and is the editor of A Shadow Map: Writing by Survivors of Sexual Assault. They received their MFA in writing at Sarah Lawrence College. Joanna is the founder of Yes, Poetry and the senior managing editor for Luna Luna Magazine. Some of their writing has appeared in The Rumpus, Brooklyn Magazine, BUST, and elsewhere. Joanna also leads workshops at Brooklyn Poets. joannavalente.com / Twitter: @joannasaid / IG: joannacvalente

Poetry Weekly: Keegan Lester, Jody Chan, Lauren Samblanet

November 19, 2018

Music Friyay: The Twilight Sad, Josephine Foster, Planningtorock

November 16, 2018

Joanna C. Valente is a human who lives in Brooklyn, New York. They are the author of Sirs & Madams (Aldrich Press, 2014), The Gods Are Dead (Deadly Chaps Press, 2015), Marys of the Sea (ELJ Publications, 2016) & Xenos (Agape Editions, 2016), and is the editor of A Shadow Map: Writing by Survivors of Sexual Assault (CCM, 2017). They received their MFA in writing at Sarah Lawrence College. Joanna is the founder of Yes, Poetry and the managing editor for Civil Coping Mechanisms and Luna Luna Magazine. Some of their writing has appeared in Prelude, BUST, Spork Press, The Feminist Wire, and elsewhere. Joanna also leads workshops at Brooklyn Poets. joannavalente.com / Twitter: @joannasaid / IG: joannacvalente

When An Ending Is In Sight

November 15, 2018

Chloë Moloney is a student and writer from Surrey, United Kingdom. She is a staff writer and curator at Luna Luna Magazine, and a reviewer for MookyChick. Chloë has had short stories published with Moonchild Magazine, Occulum, Sick Lit Magazine and more. She is also a culture writer and biographer at the award-winning news platform Shout Out UK, and has also written for Epigram, B24/7 and the London Horror Society. She also acted as a reviewer for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, in 2017. You can find Chloë at @ChloeMoloney98.

Poetry by Fox Frazier-Foley

November 13, 2018

Fox Frazier-Foley is a monster made of fire. This poem is from Let Me Wring Your Heart: Love/Hate Poems for the Vulnerable Troubled Genius Boy, which interrogates literary, cultural, and cinematic tropes from 1990s US culture and is currently seeking a publisher.

Poetry by Alyse Chinnock

November 12, 2018

Alyse Chinnock is a writer and artist living in Central Indiana. She is most interested in building community around art and collaborative work. Her work in both genres focuses on the the domestic, the sacred, and the terrifying. You can usually find her in her studio in Lafayette, IN and online all the time @ittybittypoems.

Poetry by Sarah Serrano

November 8, 2018

Sarah Serrano is a Puerto Rican Brooklyn based artist. She is a VONA alum and has written and performed for Latina Magazine & Prudential Banking, Forbes 30 under 30, Drew Barrymore, Rizos on the Road tour, Wedding Wire, BHLDN, and more. Sarah uses poetry and art to encourage empowerment and healing.

This Playlist Is Perfect to Travel To

November 6, 2018

Joanna C. Valente is a human who lives in Brooklyn, New York. They are the author of Sirs & Madams (Aldrich Press, 2014), The Gods Are Dead (Deadly Chaps Press, 2015), Marys of the Sea (Operating System, 2017), Sexting Ghosts(Unknown Press, 2018), Xenos (Agape Editions, 2016), and the editor of A Shadow Map: Writing by Survivors of Sexual Assault (CCM, 2017). They received their MFA in writing at Sarah Lawrence College. Joanna is the founder of Yes Poetryand the managing editor for Civil Coping Mechanisms and Luna Luna Magazine. Some of their writing has appeared, or is forthcoming, in Brooklyn Magazine, Prelude, BUST, Spork Press, and elsewhere. Joanna also leads workshops at Brooklyn Poets. joannavalente.com / Twitter: @joannasaid / IG: joannacvalente

Photo of author Mecca Woods from her website, My Life Created

'Astrology for Happiness and Success' by Mecca Woods Helped Tackle My Anxiety

November 5, 2018

Mecca Woods’ new book came into my life the exact moment I needed it. Astrology for Happiness and Success, with its calming blue cover, made it into my hands as a particularly hectic and deracinating summer was ending but not without wreaking havoc on my physical, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing.

This book helped put me back on course.

Poetry by Ottavia Silvestri

October 29, 2018

Ottavia Silvestri is a political science student from Milan, Italy.

Today Is Intersex Awareness Day. Here's What You Can Do

October 26, 2018

A Playlist for Study Days & Concentration

October 25, 2018

5 Women-Centric Horror Films to Watch This Halloween

October 24, 2018

Joanna C. Valente is a human who lives in Brooklyn, New York. They are the author of Sirs & Madams (Aldrich Press, 2014), The Gods Are Dead (Deadly Chaps Press, 2015), Marys of the Sea (ELJ Publications, 2016) & Xenos (Agape Editions, 2016), and is the editor of A Shadow Map: Writing by Survivors of Sexual Assault (CCM, 2017). They received their MFA in writing at Sarah Lawrence College. Joanna is the founder of Yes, Poetry and the managing editor for Civil Coping Mechanisms and Luna Luna Magazine. Some of their writing has appeared in Prelude, BUST, Spork Press, The Feminist Wire, and elsewhere. Joanna also leads workshops at Brooklyn Poets. joannavalente.com / Twitter: @joannasaid / IG: joannacvalente

Poetry by Larissa Melo Pienkowski

October 23, 2018

Larissa Melo Pienkowski is a queer Brazilian-Polish-American poet, YA fiction writer, and editor living in Boston, MA. Above all, though, she is a xingona malcriada, mulher atrevida, and an unapologetic Masshole. She earned a BSW in social work from Simmons University and is currently working on her master’s in publishing from Emerson College. Wherever the two subjects intersect is where she wants to be. (ig) @mulherchingona

Poetry by Hayley Brooks

October 22, 2018

Hayley Brooks is a poet based in St Paul, Minnesota who received her B.A. in English writing from Goshen College. Her poetry focuses on reframing trauma and shifting from body/soul dichotomies to body- and gynocentric narratives. She has previous work published in Lavender Review, The Mennonite, Our Stories Untold and Lipstick Party Magazine. Visit hayleyjbrooks.comfor more of her work.