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Monica Robinson

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Monica Robinson is a queer experimental poet, artist, photographer, writer, editor, reader, and explorer.

She is the author of "Exit Wounds", "EARTH IS FULL; GO BACK HOME", and "peeling the yellow wallpaper" and is the founder and manager of Capta Lucem, her own photography and art business which focuses heavily on typewriter and word based art, and appears in-person at pop-up events and markets around Philadelphia.

Monica's work combines mediums to create fresh works of exploratory literature, often inspired by the midwestern gothic genre and the strange small town in which she was raised. She invites you to further follow her artistic and literary pursuits at www.mrobinsonwrites.com or by following her on Instgram (@corvus.et.liber) or on T ...more

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	peeling the yellow wallpaper 4.79 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2022	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beyond the Veil: Supernatural Tales of Queer Love by A.R. Ward (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jelena Dunato (Editor), Emmie Christie (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Exit Wounds 4.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	EARTH IS FULL; GO BACK HOME 4.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2020 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bury Me in Iron and Ivy: A Midwestern Gothic 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Poetry Review - "And Yet" by Kate Baer

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“Bored of bad moods and winter/gloom, my ambition goes off to war.”

This is the striking beginning to Kate Baer’s “And Yet”, a collection that encompasses motherhood, grief, love, and loss as so many other similar collections do, but is starkly set apart by Baer’s unique, introspective voice and approachable, heart-wrenching words. These poems speak in candid form and yet do not lose thei

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