This week, I offer a brief introduction to queer poetics and queer theory. We'll learn about ancient queer poets like Sappho and how their work influenced the world. Lastly, we'll discuss the intersecting ideas of passing, crossing, and coding in queer poetry.
This week, we'll dive into poetry about the queer body. Our history of queer poetics explores poets of the 17th-18th century.
In this week, we'll explore the idea of the speculative (science fiction, fantasy, and horror) in terms of queer poetry. Our history of queer poetics covers the 19th and 20th century.
This week we are discussing what the future of queer poetry is and how to write toward a more hopeful future. Our history of queer poetics covers contemporary queer poets to add to your TBR pile.