There have been many over the years; wives and girlfriends of my two valiant sons—beautiful and brilliant women—flamboyant artists, radical feminists, women with complicated tattoos over entire parts of their bodies, women who wrote postmodern poetry or carried...
I have spent the last few weeks struggling to put my thoughts and emotions into words. As a writer, I want to use my words to stand with my Black brothers and sisters as we fight against the systemic racism we face daily. But to be honest, I’m at a loss as to where to...
Alice Bloch is the author of Mother-Daughter Banquet: A Memoir, the winner of our 2018 memoir contest. Her prolific writing career includes the memoir Lifetime Guarantee, the novel The Law of Return, and publication in several anthologies. She also wrote a column for...
It’s no secret that our staff loves books. Reading is our superpower. We read submissions for Minerva Rising and tons of books and journals for our own personal edification. Here’s what we’ve been reading over the summer: Brooke —...
Emily Lake Hansen is joining Minerva Rising Press as our new Poetry Editor. Emily is the author of the chapbook The Way the Body Had to Travel (dancing girl press, 2014). Her poetry and essays have appeared or are forthcoming in Nightjar Review, Atticus Review,...
