ArticlesSkylar Kay

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  Poetry

  Poet dips into fairy tales and fabulism, but with a ‘bloody scream’ in lieu of softness

  Mermaids currently occupy a friendly space in pop culture. Think shell bras and long red hair billowing underwater. But in the past, mermaids were half-woman half-fish monsters that lured sex-starved sailors to their deaths.

  By Ariel Gordon     Issue 87, Fall/Winter 2025/26

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  Poetry

  Skylar Kay pairs marginalized topics with form traditionally used for travel journals

  Relating transitions in her life to the phases of the moon was the challenge trans poet Skylar Kay set herself in her debut poetry collection, the haibun journal Transcribing Moonlight.

  By Ariel Gordon     Issue 81, Fall/Winter 2022-23