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Kristen Brida’s poetry has appeared in The Journal, Fairy Tale Review, New Delta Review, Tinderbox, Hobart, Barrelhouse, Josephine Quarterly, Bone Bouquet, Glass, and Whiskey Island. Her chapbook, The Ma essay is forthcoming from Ghost City Press. Kristen earned her Bachelor of Arts from Susquehanna University and her MFA from George Mason University, where she served as the Editor in Chief of So to Speak. She has also participated in the John Ashbery Home School. Currently, she is the Marketing Editor in Charge of Promotions for Gazing Grain Press and works in academic publishing in Philadelphia. She tweets @kristenbrida. 

Read Kristen’s Work Here

“Helen on how her daughter reacted after she returned from Troy”

Two Poems

“An Erasure by Philomela”

“That Time I met Helen of Troy in the Underworld”

2 Poems

Kristen’s Picks

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Notes

• Ghost City Press
• In Praise of Shadows by Junichiro Tanizaki
• Gazing Grain Press
• Peter Streckfus
• Gurlesque
• The you of poetry or the ewe of poetry or the yew of poetry?
• Do you write in your books?
• BuzzFeed for poetry?
• LitHub?
• Soft Science by Franny Choi
• Eileen Myles on Instagram
• John Ashbery Home School
• Any recs for novels in verse?
• Terrance Hayes
• “Duplex” by Jericho Brown
• Danez Smith
• Our old friend, Rupi Kaur
• Philomela
• On nightingales
• Santa Clarita Diet
• Plastic straws?
• “The Glass Essay” by Anne Carson
• In Full Velvet by Jenny Johnson
• Ariana Reines
• Fairy Tale Review
• Myung Mi Kim

Poetry