Dead Dad Jokes by Ollie Schminkey is a killer collection of poetry that explores hardship with radical honesty, humility, and humor. As a queer writer it is a source of inspiration I return to when considering how to put my truth on the page with a balance of empowerment and kindness. The Wildnerness That Bears Your Name by James A. Pearson captures the wonders of nature in ways that widen the human experience; it's a collection I return to regularly for my own processing of

Night falls It’s true They say Starlight is cold Water calls Gold dances in you Night falls Seeing true Ablaze Holding it all Hearing the lyrics to "Secrets" for the first time, I felt suspended in a vast sea of stars. That moment when you’re alone at night, solitary yet faintly connected to everything in the universe, was embodied in this song. It’s one of my favorite feelings. The sense of cosmic drift in "Secrets", and in Thy Veils’ other songs, stems from Alira Mun’s vo