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amber-lehman's picture
Apr.25.2010
Many parents make the mistake of NOT discussing the topic of sexuality with teens. Keeping silent will not keep teens from experimenting with heterosexual activities and even homosexual activities. Studies show that more teens are questioning their sexuality and most likely parents will be the last...
collin-kelley's picture
Apr.24.2010
Hi everyone! Check my Red Room profile page for links to all the latest reviews and articles, including an essay/article I wrote about Paris as the setting for Conquering Venus. 
amy-king's picture
Apr.01.2010
THE GURLESQUE29032010 WHAT IT ISN’T… Over the past few days, there has been a flurry of recent debate on the Gurlesque (see my post below). Numerous contradictions, conflations, and confusions abound, coupled with not a lot of resolution or agreement regarding what has cumulatively “taken place”...
amy-king's picture
Mar.24.2010
11032010 The “I Like Amy King A Lot” Interview FIND OUT: * You’re very involved in participating in the poetry community. What motivates you to be involved with so many projects? What do you get from all your projects? * What is your best coping mechanism for the AWP experience? Do you enjoy...
amy-king's picture
Mar.24.2010
The What Else of Queer Poetry9022010 WHETTING EXCERPTS: …In queer poetry, desire blooms, and yes, I may just marry my dog— …Beyond that debate, we remain, in all our queerness, anomalies writing aloud the unimagined territories that language spearheads and explores.  They may fear adventure in my...
amy-king's picture
Mar.24.2010
Towards Still Another Universe…9012010 Slaves to Do These Things is now available on Amazon (SPD later) for order – enjoy!   “I’m portable. My mind travels / the verse and valleys of whole people says the poet.” Correct! Readers of this book will discover their own memories. They will melt in...
anthony-difiore's picture
Mar.15.2010
I feel like Indiana Jones in The Last Crusade. Forget the ark! All I want is a LGBT “Twilight” or “Harry Potter,” and my search efforts have been long and tiresome. I’ve long believed that mainstream YA fiction doesn’t incorporate enough LGBT-ness. Don’t get me wrong…my style isn’t to call up...
alexander-quebec's picture
Mar.07.2010
Have you ever come across a former ex or crush and wondered what life would've been like if you had ever gone down the path you wanted to go down originally? I came across a man I had a crush on a long time ago. He was with his girlfriend (something a gay man rarely wants to see) at a thrift store...
karen-topakian's picture
Mar.05.2010
 "Not in front my kids," yelled our mustached neighbor, Mr. T out his bathroom window. Then slammed it closed. Mr. T's house overlooked our driveway on the small island of Jamestown in the smallest state, Rhode Island. A driveway made of broken clamshells and cracked concrete, full of...
alexander-quebec's picture
Mar.03.2010
In my short life, I have somehow manage to figure out that life is comprised of two elements: Consequence and Fate. Consequence is stuff that happens to us because of either someone else's actions or our own. Think about it, at some point, everything you do will undoubtedly have an effect upon...