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Cass Donish Transforms Grief and Loss Into Poetry in "Your Dazzling Death" [INTERVIEW]
Description
Queer poet and writer Cass Donish was born and raised in the Greater Los Angeles Area. They are the author of the poetry collections Beautyberry and The Year of the Femme, winner of the Iowa Poetry Prize, as well as the nonfiction chapbook, On the Mezzanine. Their work has appeared in The American Poetry Review, Denver Quarterly, The Gettysburg Review, Guernica, The Iowa Review, The Kenyon Review, Poem-a-Day, VICE, and elsewhere. Donish received an MA in cultural geography from the University of Oregon, an MFA in poetry from Washington University in St. Louis, and a PhD in English and creative writing from the University of Missouri. They live in Columbia, Missouri.
A trigger warning. Please note that this interview, because of the subject matter and themes of Cass' new book, touch on suicide. If you are having suicidal thoughts please reach out for support resources in your area.
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