'Coming Close' begins with a somber description of a worker who has been toiling with a polishing wheel for the previous three hours. As the poem hones in on the scene, the question arises: 'Is this really a woman?' Suddenly you are in the poem, probing the buff, mechanical body of this worker and ma

Intimate, Rough, Sincere, Spare, Visceral

16th century (renaissance) literature, Charming, Enigmatic, Joyful, Playful, Visceral, Voluminous

Adopted into a family of Pentecostal Evangelists, Jeanette Winterson grew up in a fervently religious home. She was raised to believe that she "belonged to God and had been chosen by God, and because God was empowering her, she could do anything." From the age of eight she began writing and deliv

Eclectic, Lyrical, Postmodern fiction, Profane, Queer, Queer literature, Visceral

Theresa Hak Kyung Cha's best-known work is currently out of print. Cha was murdered in 1982, and while foundations and archives preserve her work, and critics continue to trace out her multiple influences, this writer and multimedia Performance artist can only be explored by the average person throug

Avant-garde film, Eclectic, Improvised, Intimate, Open-ended, Organic, Post-colonial literature, Postmodern fiction, Power, Repetition, Saturated, Visceral