Can you write love poems during a time of war? What about sex poems or erotic poems about your current “situationship?” In this interview, Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo discusses her latest book, Incantation, Love Poems for Battle Sites. It started with a grant which allowed her to visit Gettysburg to write about national monuments when many were fighting over the meaning of those monuments and whether they should be kept or torn down. Around those central poems she wrote about children growing up during this time, her own love life, daily life with its anxiety, hope and acts of love. As she points out, the French Revolution kicked off because parents couldn’t get enough bread to feed their children. They fought not because of ideals, but because they wanted to protect those they loved. She continues this tradition by providing not only poems of witness, but poems of pleasure and comfort for all those who read her work.
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Can you write love poems during a time of war? What about sex poems or erotic poems about your current “situationship?” In this interview, Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo discusses her latest book, Incantation, Love Poems for Battle Sites. It started with a grant which allowed her to visit Gettysburg to write about national monuments when many were fighting over the meaning of those monuments and whether they should be kept or torn down. Around those central poems she wrote about children growing up during this time, her own love life, daily life with its anxiety, hope and acts of love. As she points out, the French Revolution kicked off because parents couldn’t get enough bread to feed their children. They fought not because of ideals, but because they wanted to protect those they loved. She continues this tradition by providing not only poems of witness, but poems of pleasure and comfort for all those who read her work.
Can you write love poems during a time of war? What about sex poems or erotic poems about your current “situationship?” In this interview, Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo discusses her latest book, Incantation, Love Poems for Battle Sites. It started with a grant which allowed her to visit Gettysburg to write about national monuments when many were fighting over the meaning of those monuments and whether they should be kept or torn down. Around those central poems she wrote about children growing up during this time, her own love life, daily life with its anxiety, hope and acts of love. As she points out, the French Revolution kicked off because parents couldn’t get enough bread to feed their children. They fought not because of ideals, but because they wanted to protect those they loved. She continues this tradition by providing not only poems of witness, but poems of pleasure and comfort for all those who read her work.
Can you write love poems during a time of war? What about sex poems or erotic poems about your current “situationship?” In this interview, Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo discusses her latest book, Incantation, Love Poems for Battle Sites. It started with a grant which allowed her to visit Gettysburg to write about national monuments when many were fighting over the meaning of those monuments and whether they should be kept or torn down. Around those central poems she wrote about children growing up during this time, her own love life, daily life with its anxiety, hope and acts of love. As she points out, the French Revolution kicked off because parents couldn’t get enough bread to feed their children. They fought not because of ideals, but because they wanted to protect those they loved. She continues this tradition by providing not only poems of witness, but poems of pleasure and comfort for all those who read her work.
