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CONTEMPORARY QUEER POETS

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I initially started this list as one for contemporary queer poets, but it has grown to include the living and the dead, the post-poet, the fiction and non-fiction, the bent, the bendable, and more. Thanks to all who’ve contributed so far! Please feel free to add names in the comments as we are growing, blooming, and busting the borders!

In no particular order, except as added:

Akilah Oliver +++ Tisa Bryant

Nathaniel Siegal+++ Ching-In Chin

Julian Brolaski +++ Cynthia Sailers

Kathryn Pringle+++ E. Tracy Grinnell

Tim Peterson +++ Jill Magi

Brenda Iijima +++ Stacy Szymaszek

Erica Kaufman +++ Truck Darling

R. Erica Doyle +++ Wayne Koestenbaum

Ana Bozicevic +++ Trish Salah

Robert Glück +++ Rachel Zolf

Cedar Sigo +++ Scott Rex Hightower

Jen Benka +++ Carol Mirakove

Caroline Bergvall +++ Eileen Myles

Marilyn Hacker+++ John Ashbery

Mark Doty +++ Timothy Liu

D. A. Powell +++ Kay Ryan

Reginald Shepherd+++ Mark Bibbins

Mark Wunderlich +++ Magdalena Zurawski

Julie R. Enszer +++ Merry Gangemi

Nicki Hastie +++ Gwyn McVay

Michelle Tea +++ Ben McCoy

Alex Dimitrov +++ Michael Tod Edgerton

C. Dale Young +++ Betsy Wheeler

Megan Volpert +++ Deborah Poe

Gabrielle Calvocoressi+++ Joy Harjo

Gloria Anzaldua+++ Elena Georgiou

Elise Ficarra +++ Paul Foster Johnson

Robin Reagler +++ Rachel Levitsky

Richard Siken +++ Kazim Ali

Micah Ballard +++ Jeffery Beam

Gregg Biglieri +++ Nicole Brossard

Regie Cabico +++ David Cameron

Guillermo Castro +++ Abigail Child

Allison Cobb +++ Jen Coleman

Kyle Conner +++ Dennis Cooper

Jim Cory +++ Phil Crippen

Del Ray Cross +++ Rachel Daley

Almitra David +++ Tim Dlugos

kari edwards +++ Maria Fama

Michael Farrell +++ Alex Gildzen

Guillermo Gómez-Peña

Alexandra Grilikhes+++ Chris Gullo

Jeremy Halinen +++ Rob Halpern

Julia Hastain +++ Yuri Hospodar

Kevin Killian +++ Dodie Bellamy

Bill Kushner +++ Lori Lubeski

Filip Marinovich +++ Janet Mason

Sina Queyras +++ Camille Roy

Jocelyn Saidenberg +++ Trish Salah

Jack Spicer +++ Christina Strong

Roberto Tejada +++ Karl Tierney

Jay Thomas +++ David Trinidad

Tony Towle +++ R. Dionysius Whiteurs

Eli Shipley +++ Kary Wayson

Carl Phillips +++ Jeremy Halinen

Betsey Warland+++ Jen Currin

Christine Leclerc +++ Charles Jensen

Carol Guess +++ Elizabeth Colen

Chocoalte Waters +++ Mary Oliver

Judith Witherow +++ Judy Grahn

Jan Clausen +++ Dorothy Allison

Robin Morgan +++ Willyce Kim

Frank Kelly +++ Kevin Wisher

Meredith Pond +++ Janet Mason

Fran Winant +++ Audre Lorde

Paula Gunn Allen +++ Allen Ginsberg

Walt Whitman +++ W.H. Auden

Frank O’Hara +++ Cyrus Cassells

Elizabeth Bradfield+++ Rafael Campo

Robin Becker +++ Truong Tran

William Burroughs+++ Carol Ann Duffy

Pat Parker +++ Elsa Gidlow

H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) +++ Amy Lowell

Elizabeth Bishop +++ Olga Broumas

Sapphire +++ Cheryl Clarke

Jewelle Gomez +++ Joan Larkin

Fran Winant +++ Minnie Bruce Pratt

Adrienne Rich +++ May Sarton

Muriel Rukeyser +++ Cherrie Moraga

Lesléa Newman +++ Mark Doty

Mark Wunderlich +++ D.A. Powell

Randall Mann +++ Peter Covino

Rigoberto Gonzalez +++ David Groff

C. Dale Young +++ Walter Holland

Eric Gamalinda +++ Michael Montlack

Charles Jensen +++ Gregg Shapiro

Stephen McLeod +++ Spencer Reece

Ron Mohring +++ Michael Broder

Richard Tayson +++ Dean Kostos

Aaron Smith +++ Ron Drummond

Guillermo Filice +++ Jon Nalley

Steven Covdova +++ Steven Turtel

Jason Scheiderman +++ Stephen Motika

T. Cole Rachel +++ Christopher Davis

Greg Hewett +++ David Casto

Billie Merrill +++ Alex Dimitrov

Wren Tuatha +++ Marge Piercy

Lawrence Schimel+++ Robin Kemp

Tee Corinne +++ Tory Dent

Elizabeth Bishop +++ Gertrude Stein

Muriel Rukeyser +++ Kay Murphy

Hart Crane +++ Harold Norse

James Schuyler +++ Robert Duncan

John Wieners +++ William Bronk

Stephen Jonas +++ Joseph Legaspi

Richard Howard +++ Renee Vivien

Natalie Barney +++ Stephanie Byrd

Nathalie Stephens +++ Ellen Marie Bissert

Karen Brodine +++ Maureen Seaton

Jane Miller +++ Olga Broumas

Elizabeth Bradfield +++ Samiya Bashir

Gerry Gomez Pearlberg

Judith Barrington +++ Eloise Klein Healy

James Merrill +++ Brent Goodman

Ben Grossberg +++ Darius Antwan Stewart

Franklin Abbot +++ Thom Gunn

Liz Ahl +++ Jonathan Alexander

Cynthia Rausch Allar +++ Shane Allison

Mark Ameen +++ Ken Anderson

Maggie Anderson +++ Hanna Andrews

Duncan Armstrong +++ Rane Arroyo

Geer Austin +++ Kim Baker

John Barton +++ Ellen Bass

Dan Bellm +++ David Bergman

Erin Bertram +++ Tamiko Beyer

Jonathan Bracker +++ Michael Broder

Dustin Brookshire +++ Regie Cabico

Guillermo Castro +++ Terry Kirts

Erigh Leigh +++ Tony Leuzzi

Justin Chin +++ James Cihlar

Ava Cipri +++ Larry Wayne Johns

Rodney Jack +++ CA Conrad

Christina Hutchins +++ Steven Cordova

Alfred Corn +++ Eduardo Corral

Brian Teare +++ James Crews

Holly Day +++ Jeff Mann

Dean Kostos +++ Andrew Demcak

Gavin Dillard +++ Patrick Donnelly

Octavio Gonzalez +++ Rudy Kikel

Ron Drummond +++ Jim Elledge

Steve Fellner +++ Edward Field

Edward Denby +++ Ron Schreiber

Federico Lorca +++ Matthew Hittinger

David Groff +++ Ruth Schwartz

Maureen Seaton +++ Michael Klein

Amanda Laughtland+++ Jill Jones

Michael Farrell +++ Collin Kelley

Cleo Creech +++ Theresa Davis

Turner Cassity +++ Alan Sullivan

Timothy Murphy +++ Jessica Hand

Alice Teeter +++ Maudelle Driskell

Julie Fay +++ Ed Madden

Assoto Saint +++ Reinaldo Arenas

Honor Moore +++ Melanie Braverman

Thomas Avena +++ Sam D’Allesandro

Essex Hemphill +++ Paul Monette

Severo Sarduy +++ Ian Stephens

Zaedryn Meade +++ Stacie Cassarino

gabrielle jesiolowski +++ Nancy Kathleeen Pearson

Cheryl Boyce Taylor +++ Ruth L. Schwartz

Achy Obejas +++ Tamiko Beyer

Sunshine Dempsey +++ Cheryl Burke

Laurie J. Hoskin +++ Kristin Naca

Samiya Baskin +++ Staceyann Chin

Niki Herd +++ Julie Porter

Juliet Patterson +++ Jeff Walt

Elaine Sexton +++ Ken Pobo

Richard Tayson +++ Michael Lassell

Greg Hewett +++ Adrian Oktenberg

Stacey Waite +++ Steven Riel

RJ Gibson +++ Jen Perrine

Boyer Rickel +++ William Reichard

Ann Tweedy +++ Ragan Fox

David Trinidad +++ Brad Telford

James Kirkup +++ Kevin McLellan

Ocean Vuong +++ Robert Walker

Henri Cole +++ Scott Wiggerman

Tiffany Wong +++ Peter Pereira

Reggie Harris +++ David Dooley

Frank Bidart +++ Kristy Nielsen

Greg Scott Brown +++ Brian Leary

Holly Painter +++ Vicente Viray

Mark Ameen +++ Beatrix Gates

William Dickey +++ Melvin Dixon

Essex Hemphill +++ James L White

James Schuyler +++ Paul Goodman

Joe Brainard +++ Pam Brown

David Malouf +++ Martin Harrison

joanne burns +++ Keri Glastonbury

Louise Wakeling +++ Martin Harrison

Bel Schenk +++ Angela Gardne

Stephen J Williams +++ Tim Denoon

Jill Jones +++ Maria Zajkowski

Chris Edwards +++ Louise Wakeling

Danny Gentile +++ Denis Gallagher

Kate Lilley +++ Paul Knobel

Andy Quan +++ Jenni Nixon

Miriel Lenore +++ Terry Jaensch

Margaret Bradstock +++ Javant Biarujia

Dîpti Saravanamuttu+++ Nandi Chinna

Wendy Jenkins +++ Peter Rose

Lee Cataldi +++ Carolyn Gerrish

Dorothy Porter+++ Scott-Patrick Mitchell

Susan Hawthorne +++ Tricia Dearborn

Kerry Leves +++ Ian MacNeill

Amanda Katz +++ Corrine Fitzpatrick

Danica Colic +++ Jack Lynch

Martha Oatis +++ James Allen Hall

Jan Heller Levi+++ Jenny Johnson

Jericho Brown +++ Kerry Carnahan

L.B. Thompson +++ Laura Jaramillo

Maya Funaro +++ Miller Oberman

Misty Harper +++ Richard Sime

Suzanne Gardinier+++ Valentine Freeman

Gregg Bordowitz +++ Sarah Dowling

Ari Banias +++ Sophie Robinson

Angie Estes +++ Kathy Fagan

Tommy Peeps +++ Nat Raha

Francesca Lisette +++ Tricia Bayman

Linda Bierds +++ Larissa Lai

Vanessa Huang +++ Soham Patel

Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

Dulani +++ Rona Luo

Naomi A. Jackson +++ Celeste Chan

Zuleika Mahmood +++ Maiana Minahal

Sharon Bridgforth +++ Joel B. Tan

Griselda Suarez +++ Rigoberto Gonzalez

J.P. Pluecker +++ Kristin Naca

Duriel E. Harris +++ Nickole Brown

Qwo-Li Driskill +++ Deborah Miranda

Aimee Suzara +++ Amy King

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