Thinking with the Poem Derek W. Vaillant and "ghost lights

and "ghost lights

Just as Andy Bernal

as well as testimonies from young adult queer Christians who've recently been exactly where you are

with firsthand accounts that challenge the existing biased narratives of media's history and evolution

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Thinking with the Poem Derek W. Vaillant and "ghost lightsBroad ranging and pluralistically investigative, the essays in Thinking with the Poem document Rachel Blau DuPlessis's authorial interventions as a poet, scholar, and cultural critic steeped in the linguistic and political frames of her time. The writers included in this volume engage root level questions at the heart of DuPlessis's praxis as posed by her in a recent essay: ""What is a poem, what is a poet, what is an oeuvre, what is the 'poetic'?""