I am an American Studies scholar who wrote rap lyrics before coming to poetry. I am interested in deconstructing societal constructs such as race, gender, and class. I am an atypical feminist who enjoys employing rhetorical devices to write about the erotic. I am an editor by trade, a typist by skill, and a grammarian and etymologist at heart. I seek the hidden and unspoken voices and imagery of American culture.
Wallace Stevens
James Tate
e.e. cummings
Anne Sexton
Sharon Olds
Yusef Komunyakaa
Rita Dove
Amiri Baraka
Sylvia Plath
William Carlos Williams
Charles Simic
Mark Doty
lyn lifshin
T.S. Eliot
Emily Dickinson
Kim Addonizio
Ruth Stone
W. H. Auden
Paul Verlaine
Li-Young Lee
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Listing last updated: July 13, 2009
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Listed as:
Poet
Gives readings?
Yes
Travels for readings?
No
Identifies as:
Buddhist, Christian, Feminist, Mixed Race
Prefers to work with:
Adults, At Risk Youth, Children, Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender, Teachers, Teenagers