Zack: Poetry by Jeni Booker Senter
Zack
“I am become Death. Shatterer of Worlds.”
——Bagavad-Ghita
I.
I envied his flaming pride and his carelessness.
I envied the way he openly painted his nails Glittery Gold
And...
It Was Never Supposed to Be Ours: Poetry by Ben Kline
It Was Never Supposed to Be Ours
Our uncles were silent and buried,
the internet infant, drag queens
still used names like Fonda Peters
and bowls of free...
Dead Uncle: Poetry by Ben Kline
Dead Uncle, 1979
Hail Marys lobbed at the altar
from the last pew. Only twenty five.
Light sentence mumbled fast. No beads.
No sweat. I knew Father heard...
Patient: Poetry by Ben Kline
Patient
Take your time, Frank told
the cutstone trainer untying
his white swimsuit. Poppers
hovered under the briny draft.
Your journey is the point
of any goal. Nude, the...
Mary Bowman Arts in Activism Award Announced
honoring the poet, advocate, author, singer and young person living with AIDS Mary Bowman, the National AIDS Memorial and ViiV Healthcare have created the...
Post-Apocalyptic Horror Show Ending in a Cher Song: Poetry by James...
Post-Apocalyptic Horror Show Ending in a Cher Song
In the zombie apocalypse, I’m betting the queers
outlive the heteros—we know what it is to survive
not just...
Robert Carr: Writer & Advocate
"Who Are Your Dead?"
Robert Carr Talks to A&U’s Noah Stetzer About His New Poetry Collection, The Unbuttoned Eye
“Who are your dead?”
Asked and answered in...
Man Made Out of…: Poems by Nathaniel Rosenthalis
Man Made Out of Medical Institution
after Brendan Fernandes’ “In PrEP We Trust”
A blue field
I in a blue shirt
see
two other men
in different blue shirts
walk away
then...
1988—A Footnote: Poetry by Brian Farrey-Latz
1988—A Footnote
The kingdom of calculated silence has fallen, my children, my lovelies
The unholy ramparts sundered under the strain of the Great Experiment
An eight-year reign...
HIV in the Ghetto: Review
HIV in the Ghetto
An Analysis of the Lived Experiences of African-American Women With HIV in Chicago’s Inner City
by Dr. Kenneth M. Nole
CreateSpace
Reviewed by John...
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