Poetry. LGBT Studies. "'I'm portable. My mind travels / the verse and valleys of whole people' says the poet. Correct! Readers of this book will discover their own memories. They will melt in them, amazed, lullabied, dramatized, shocked that they exist. Amy King is a true bard"—Tomaž Šalamun.
Author Hometown: Brooklyn, NY USA
About the author: Amy King is the author of SLAVES TO DO THESE THINGS, I'M THE MAN WHO LOVES YOU, and Antidotes for an Alibi, all from BlazeVOX Books, The People Instruments (Pavement Saw Press Chapbook Award), and I WANT TO MAKE YOU SAFE (Litmus Press). She teaches English and Creative Writing at SUNY Nassau Community College and, with Ana Božičević, curates the Brooklyn based reading series, The Stain of Poetry.
Reviews:
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Mike McDonough at Coldfront
Ted Burke at Open Salon
Carol Dorf at Poets' Quarterly
Wendy Burke at University of Arizona Poetry Center
Nathan Logan at Gently Read Literature
Erika Moya at Galatea Resurrects
Ana Božičević @ Tarpaulin Sky
Marthe Reed at CutBank Reviews