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Is ‘Confessional Poetry’ still a relevant term

By Momina Mela Confessional poetry has always faced the difficulty of carving out a definition for itself, particularly due to the auto-biographical elements attached to it and the various psycholo...

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My ILLs came in today! Bitch Planet, How to be a Heroine, and poems by Beth Ann Fennelly.

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A man’s word is as good as gold; it weighs more than what he does, much like an anchor weighs more than the boat.

“Athenian,” by Jess Mize

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Darcy Vines is a queer student, poet, and essayist whose work has been published by Words Dance Publishing, The Rising Phoenix Review, and the 26th and 27th editions of The Sampler. As a two-time finalist from their college in the Academy of American Poets Student Poetry Prize, Darcy has read both on their campus and off, and is also an active member of the literary honor society, Lambda Iota Tau. They write frequently about gender, sexuality, and LGBTQIA issues, and can be found wherever there’s a good slam scene. #readfeminists #feminism #poetry #poems #feministliterature

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Jess Mize is a blonde-haired surfer girl from South Carolina. Her favourite author is Stephen King. She loves to drink and she loves her man. Her work has appeared in Unbroken Journal, Poetry Quarterly, and she has forthcoming poems in Narrative Journal and Corvus Review. #literature #poetry #poems #readfeminists #feministliterature #feministart

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Haley Fedor is a queer author from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Section 8 Magazine, Guide to Kulchur Magazine, Crab Fat Literary Magazine, Literary Orphans, and the anthology Dispatches From Lesbian America. She was also nominated for the 2015 Pushcart Prize. #fiction #readfeminists #literature #shortstory #writing

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You Could Be a Featured Fem!

We want feminist writers/artists! Every Monday & Friday we post an interview with writers we want to showcase. So far we’ve interviewed Sheila McMullin, Caseyrenée Lopez, Lora Mathis, Gurkeyri...

The Fem is looking for feminist writers/artists to interview! If you’d like to be included in our project, or know someone we should reach out to, send an email to [email protected].