Drawn to Marvel

Posted on2014-04-23AuthorMatthew

My copy of the new anthology Drawn to Marvel: Poems from the Comic Books edited by Bryan D. Dietrich and Marta Ferguson and published by Minor Arcana Press arrived today. My homage to Wonder Woman, “Orange Colored Sky” is in there, sandwiched between a John Ashbery poem and a collaborative poem by Denise Duhamel & Maureen Read More …

Ornament Stories: Day 8

Posted on2013-12-08AuthorMatthew

Today I bring you Wonder Woman. She is gayborhood-adjacent. Those who know me know of my love for her. My homage to her–“Orange Colored Sky”–was just accepted to the anthology Drawn to Marvel: Poems from the Comic Books. And though that poem chronicles my childhood memories of Lynda Carter’s portrayal, there are other incarnations I Read More …