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Poet, activist, playwright and essayist Rachel McKibbens is the author of the poetry collections Into the Dark and Emptying Field (2013) and Pink Elephant (2009). The Rumpus wrote of Pink Elephant, “McKibbens awakens and haunts with selfless honesty.” Her poems, short stories, essays and creative non-fiction have been featured in numerous journals and blogs, including Her Kind, The Los Angeles Review, The Best American Poetry Blog, The Nervous Breakdown, The Rumpus, The London Magazine, The Acentos Review, World Literature Today, Radius, and The American Poetry Journal.

McKibbens is a well-known member of the poetry slam community: she is a nine-time National Poetry Slam team member, has appeared on eight NPS final stages, and coached the Ne ...more

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Average rating: 4.25 · 2,335 ratings · 352 reviews · 14 distinct works • Similar authors

	blud 4.23 avg rating — 1,478 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Women of Resistance: Poems for a New Feminism by Dani Barnhart (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Iris Mahan (Editor), Jordan Scherer (Narrator) 3.73 avg rating — 753 ratings — published 2018 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Courage: Daring Poems for Gutsy Girls by Karen Finneyfrock (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Mindy Nettifee (Editor), Rachel McKibbens (Editor) 4.17 avg rating — 412 ratings — published 2012 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pink Elephant 4.44 avg rating — 249 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Into the Dark & Emptying Field 4.32 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mammoth 4.47 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Imaniman: Poets Writing in the Anzaldúan Borderlands by Ire'ne Lara Silva (Author, Editor), Dan Vera (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Juan Felipe Herrera (Introduction) 4.52 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	an untitled poem 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spillway Magazine: Volume 2, Issue 30 by Ellen Webre, torrin a. greathouse (editor), Rachel McKibbens (editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“You have my permission not to love me;
I am a cathedral of deadbolts
and I’d rather burn myself down
than change the locks.”
― Rachel McKibbens

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“What does the God of your childhood look like?
A soft apparition pigeoned in the attic,

a wound eating you one year at a time?”
― Rachel McKibbens

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“I etch my own face upon my wicked flesh.
I am my own devastating god.”
― Rachel McKibbens, Women of Resistance: Poems for a New Feminism

tags: feminist-poetry

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