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Alison Lubar

Alison Lubar
Alison Lubar teaches high school English by day and yoga by night. They are a queer, nonbinary, biracial Nikkei femme whose life work has evolved into bringing mindfulness practices to young people. They’re the author of two full-length poetry books, The Other Tree, winner of Harbor Editions’ Laureate Prize (2025), and METAMOURPHOSIS (fifth wheel press, 2024), as well as four chapbooks: Philosophers Know Nothing About Love (Thirty West, 2022), queer feast (Bottlecap Press, 2022), sweet euphemism (Mouthfeel Press, 2023), and It Skips a Generation (Stanchion, 2023). Alison is also a board member for Philadelphia’s Blue Stoop. Find out more at http://www.alisonlubar.com/ or on Twitter @theoriginalison.
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“The Body of Grief as Rice and Butter,” a Poem by Alison Lubar

From the Collection “The Other Tree”
September 17, 2025  By Alison Lubar
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