Two Poems
from the forthcoming Let Met Wring Your Heart
July 10, 2022 | by Fox Henry Frazier
Artwork by Letitia Trent
Artwork by Letitia Trent
Jessie Coleman Photography
Fox Henry Frazier is a poet and essayist whose newest book, Weeping in the Tropical Moonlit Night Because Nobody's Told Her, comes out from Yes Poetry this month. Her other full-length books include Raven King (Yes Poetry 2021), and The Hydromantic Histories (Bright Hill Press, 2015), which was selected by Vermont Poet Laureate Chard deNiord as recipient of the 2014 Bright Hill Poetry Award. Fox has also authored a few chapbooks, and she edited the anthologies Among Margins: Critical and Lyrical Writing on Aesthetics and Political Punch: Contemporary Poems on the Politics of Identity.
Fox was graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Binghamton University, and was honored with fellowships at Columbia University, where she received her MFA. She was a Provost’s Fellow at the University of Southern California, where she earned a PhD in Literature and Creative Writing, and served as Poetry Editor of Gold Line Press and a Founding & Managing Editor of Ricochet Editions.
Fox created the small literary press Agape Editions, which she currently manages with the poet Jasmine An. Under the Agape brand, Fox also co-created and co-runs the magazine Alice Says Go Fuck Yourself along with the writer, artist, and composer Cee Martinez. Fox also created and co-hosts the Favorite Poems reading series with Joanna C. Valente. She lives in upstate New York with her daughter, her dogs, her gardens, and her ghosts.
Letitia Trent's work includes the novel Almost Dark and the poetry collection Match Cut. Her writing has appeared in Diagram, Smokelong Quarterly, Smartish Pace, and Moon City Review. She posts art, writing, and essays on her Patreon. Trent lives in the Ozarks with her family and pets.
