Richard Siken



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When my grandmother died, my mother called me because there was no one else to call. I know we’re not talking but I need you to keep me from dancing on her grave. I met her at Marie Callender’s. A …

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Love in Contemporary American Gay Male Poetry in the Works of Richard Siken, Eduardo C Corral and Jericho Brown

Gay poets, in the main, are determined to claim difference by questioning orthodoxies that corral issues about sexuality and love − and the functioning of these constructs within an urban, heterosexist reality − issues always pertinent to gay male writers because it is they who must bear the burden of political self-consciousness in a heterosexist world.

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War of the Foxes (iv)

Let me tell you a story about war: They went to the museum and wandered the rooms. He saw a painting and stood in front of it for too long. It was a few minutes before she realized he had …

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War of the Foxes (iii)

Let me tell you a story about war: The fisherman's son serves drinks to sailors. He stands behind the bar. He listens closely for news of his brother. The sailors are thirsty. They drink rum. A new ship docks, the …

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War of the Foxes (ii)

Let me tell you a story about war: A boy spills a glass of milk and his father picks him up by the back of the shirt and throws him against the wall. You killed my wife and you can't …

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