The Poet Who Advocated Radical Tenderness

The Poet Who Advocated Radical Tenderness

In November 2017 I found myself at the W Hotel in Washington dancing with my friend, and fellow poet, Andrea Gibson. We had just finished a poetry reading at the Kennedy Center together and were looking to shake off the residual adrenaline of our show. I also wanted to shake off the past few months of my life. Two months earlier, I had written a Times Opinion essay about my experience with gender inequality in the film and television industry, “…