Queer Voices: Poetry, Prose, and Pride

by Andrea Jenkins (Editor), Lisa Marie Brimmer (Editor)

Since its beginnings in 1993, the Queer Voices reading series has featured both emerging and established Minnesota-based writers of the LGBTQIA+ community. With a track record of more than twenty years, the series has become a national model and one of Minnesota's most important literary institutions. It is reputed to be the longest-running curated queer reading series in the country.


In this volume, series curators John Medeiros and Andrea Jenkins and facilitator Lisa Marie Brimmer present the finest poetry, fiction, and nonfiction pieces by the presenters. Their work, generated and performed in a powerful space of understanding, explores the material of life without internal or external censorship. Living, loving, working, learning, playing, reflecting, knowing, inventing, and being —these magnificent queer voices affirm the importance of civil literacy and the power of vulnerability.


Cole Bauer, Ryan Berg, Stephani Maari Booker, Lisa Marie Brimmer, Kimberly Brown, Nate Cannon, Anthony Ceballos, Stephanie Chrismon, James Cihlar, Venus de Mars, Jay Eisenberg, Gary Eldon Peter , Kelly Frankenberg, Ben French, Julie Gard, Christina Glendenning, Rachel Gold, Molly Beth Griffin, CM Harris, Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew, Andrea Jenkins, Kristin Johnso, Michael Kiesow Moore , Bronson Lemer, Raymond Luczak, Catherine Lundoff, Josina Manu, John Medeiros, Nasreen Mohamed, Ahmad Qais Munhazim, Janauda Petrus, Trina Porte, Karolyn Redoute, William Reichard, Katie Robinson, Dua Saleh, Lucas Scheelk, Erin Sharkey, Nicole Smith, Christine Stark, Vanessa Taylor, Bradford Tice, Ann Tweedy, Morgan Grayce Willow, S. Yarberry, Ariel Zitny

Genres: Poetry, LGBT, Memoir, Essays, Queer, Nonfiction, Short Stories

248 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 1, 2019

Reviews

[Stephani]

My poems "Mango" and "Wavelengths" are in this book.

[Griffin Wold · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

Like any anthology of works, I liked some of the pieces better than others. Overall, it was a good collection, but it seemed to be lacking some cohesion. I wish the editors would have been more intentional with the organization of the pieces (they are just in alphabetical order by author's last name) in order to make it flow better and show WHY each piece had been included.

[Emma Pattock · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed this collection of queer Minnesota writers, especially the variety of genres, topics, and authors. No two pieces/authors were exactly the same, and I particularly enjoyed the more autobiographical pieces. It makes me feel more connected to the queer community and less alone knowing that there are other queer Minnesota writers.

[Arielle W · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good collection with a variety of pieces from Minnesota authors--short stories, mini-essays, poetry. Some of them were beautiful, some were funny, some were sad. Some of the pieces are stronger than others, but overall good collection.

[Sara · Rating 5 out of 5]

A really nice, varied collection of Minnesota voices. There is a ton of beautiful work in this collection.

[Charles McCaffrey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful, funny & sad. A nice collection with a variety of pieces (short stories, mini-essays & poetry). Some of the pieces are stronger than others, but overall a good collection.

[Zoë Chatterton · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book in 2022 and was just re-reading it. I absolutely adore this book. So many amazing stories from a variety of authors.

[Space Twink · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Maren · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kinda hard to rate collections like this, just giving it a 3 based on liking most of it :-)

[Stephani]

My poems "Mango" and "Wavelengths" are in this book.