Camonghne Felix on the Gentle Balance of Writing about Trauma
"I found ways to offer the reader reprieve and safe space."
February 17, 2023
By Camonghne Felix
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Camonghne Felix
Camonghne Felix, poet and essayist, is the author of Build Yourself a Boat, which was longlisted for the National Book Award in Poetry, shortlisted for the PEN/Open Book Award, and shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Awards. Her poetry has appeared in or is forthcoming from Academy of American Poets, Freeman’s, Harvard Review, Lit Hub, The New Yorker, PEN America, Poetry Magazine, and elsewhere. Her essays have been featured in Vanity Fair, New York, Teen Vogue, and other places. She is a contributing writer at The Cut.
Camonghne Felix on Humiliation, Trauma and Finding Comfort in Computers
"All day, I would think about that empty computer screen and what lay behind it for me."
February 16, 2023
By Camonghne Felix
“In Some Thousand Years.” A Poem by Camonghne Felix
From the Latest Issue of Freeman's
November 23, 2022
By Camonghne Felix
“Lost Poem 4: RX”
A Poem by Camonghne Felix
From Build Yourself a Boat
September 29, 2019
By Camonghne Felix
