"Artists are here to disturb the peace." --James Baldwin (born 2 August 1924)

poetry is all about the big subjects: love, loss, god, ass, that one tree, lunch, describing things as they are, dismantling the world as is, being a hater, the sound of joy, the abyss of grief, hanging out, moonlight, and bagel

Just realized it’s been ten years since I was hired to help launch and edit Literary Hub. For the interview(s) I had to borrow money for new shoes and a train ticket, and hotwire my brother’s old Subaru to get to the train station (couldn’t afford a new starter).

If you survive the 2024 tourist season, please drop by our August #openmic at the end of the month for your dose of live poems.

My Cheryl Lynn-inspired poem "To Be Real" from the Spring issue of the UK's The Poetry Review

#kellytaylor #90210 #bh90210 #poetryas90210

Cupcakes are muffins that believed in miracles.

See issues 4 and 5 of Cape Cod Poetry Review for posthumous John Wieners. In the meantime, here's one:

Every writer should work (or volunteer) for a lit mag once. Experience all of its glorious and subjective messiness! Become a part of "a machine" you once fed your "data"! Learn the beautiful intricacies of our literary landscape! And read so much great stuff by fellow writers!

Audre Lorde

How to make a lit mag? Think smaller. These things were never meant to have annual subscriptions and board members and bylaws. They were meant to be hustled out of backpacks at readings and conspirationally spread by word of mouth in bars and found on flyers on poles

Facts

Poem by Fady Joudah.

My contributor copies of Cape Cod Review's Fall 2024 issue have arrived! I’m so excited that my poem “Providence” has been included alongside so much beautiful work, and some truly exceptional poems from my friends 兔兒神 D. A. Powell and Richard Carey ❤️

Poetry is the language of intensity. Because we are going to die, an expression of intensity is justified. —C.D. Wright

Celebrate Pride with poetry here on the Cape. If you know of a local (Cape Cod) LGBTQ+ poet or an ally, feel free to send this their way.