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Eileen Myles

Eileen Myles
Eileen Myles (they/them) came to New York from Boston in 1974 to be a poet. Their books include For Now, I Must Be Living Twice/new and selected poems, and Chelsea Girls. Pathetic Literature, which they edited, will be out from Grove in Fall 2022. Myles has received a Guggenheim Fellowship and in 2021 was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts & Letters. They live in New York and Marfa, TX.


Eileen Myles on Writing With Political Meaning

"Reading is a collaborative act."
November 18, 2022  By Eileen Myles
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Eileen Myles on the “Astonishingly Vivid” Photos of Justin Kimball

“There’s a relentlessly graphic thing to Justin Kimball’s pictures.”
September 7, 2022  By Eileen Myles
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Eileen Myles Remembers Bobby Byrd

“His world was huge and specific.”
August 22, 2022  By Eileen Myles
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A Letter from Eileen Myles to Save East River Park

Celebrating This Year's PEN World Voices Festival
May 12, 2022  By Eileen Myles
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Eileen Myles on Following Joan Mitchell’s Path Through New York City

“Manhattan Island is pretty much shimmer all day long.”
September 23, 2021  By Eileen Myles
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Eileen Myles: Chelsea Girls was the documentary I wanted to make.

June 13, 2019  By Eileen Myles
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Dear Reader: Eileen Myles on Kathy Acker

On the Novel Great Expectations
May 2, 2019  By Eileen Myles
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A Prose Poem By Eileen Myles: ‘Ann Lee’

From Eileen Myles' New Book Evolution
September 13, 2018  By Eileen Myles
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Eileen Myles, the Books in My Life: From Little Women to Angela Carter

The Author of Afterglow Shares a Few Thoughts on Favorite Writers
September 13, 2017  By Eileen Myles
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Eileen Myles on Guns, Gays and Pride

America Wants to Kill Us, and America Makes It Easy
June 27, 2016  By Eileen Myles
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The Tournament of Literary Sex Writing: James Baldwin vs. Erica Jong

Eileen Myles Picks the First Winner from the Post-Lolita Division
March 31, 2016  By Eileen Myles
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WESTERN POEM

A POEM by Eileen Myles
July 1, 2015  By Eileen Myles
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