I’ve been reorganizing my poetry bookshelves, as one does during a pandemic, slowly sorting through books I’ve collected over the past thirty years. Most I sort by last name, slotting Barbara Ras […]
The Love of Poetry
What She Said, May 26: Brene Brown
A deep sense of love and belonging is an irreducible need of all people. We are biologically, cognitively, physically, and spiritually wired to love, to be loved, and to belong. When those needs are not met, we don’t function as we’re meant to. We break. We fall apart. We numb. We ache. We hurt others. We get sick.
–Brene Brown
What She Said, May 25: Stephanie Lahart
She wanted a relationship that consisted of loving someone unconditionally, flaws and all, so she started with herself.
–Stephanie Lahart
What She Said, May 24: Judy Blume
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
— Judy Blume
What She Said, May 23: Annie Dillard
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.
― Annie Dillard
What She Said, May 22: Moira Egan
It takes considerable courage
to be alone, not settling for fuckwittage.
-Moira Egan
What She Said, May 21: Audre Lorde
“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.”
– Audre Lorde
My Last Bikini
Once upon a time I was a new mother. It was before body positivity, before athletes and models came in all shapes and sizes (though I admit we still have a long […]
What She Said, May 20: Mary Karr
“Writing, regardless of the end result—whether good or bad, published or not, well reviewed or slammed—means celebrating beauty in an often ugly world.”
― Mary Karr
What She Said, May 19: Cheryl Strayed
“Don’t lament so much about how your career is going to turn out. You don’t have a career. You have a life.”
― Cheryl Strayed
The Gloria Sirens 