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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 Poetry, Meat, and Mourning

“The writing the poem part is easy. It’s the rest of the time that’s the problem.”
April 20, 2023  By Eileen Myles
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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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