My recommendations for poetry, essays, and theatre productions!!
Connor's Poetry Recs
"Wild Geese," Mary Oliver (1986)
"The Kitten," Mary Oliver
"The Two-Headed Calf," Laura Gilpin (1976)
"The Old Astronomer to his Pupil," Sarah Williams (1868)
If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho, trans. Anne Carson (2002)
Femme in Public, Alok (2017)
"Lamentation of Mary Magdalene", or "they have taken away my lord," S. T. Gibson
Miss Translated, Elisa Chavez
"Lost Voices," Darius Simpson and Scout Bostley
"How To Disappear Completely," Jamaal May
"alternate names for black boys," Danez Smith (2014)
"When I Tell My Husband I Miss the Sun, He Knows," Paige Lewis
"The Impact of AIDS on the Artistic Community," Fran Lebowitz (1987)
"What I Didn't Know Before" by Ada Limón
Connor's Essay & Article Recs
Digging the Bones: A Gentle Reminder to Go Out and Feel Things, Nestor Walters
I Am A Transwoman. I Am In The Closet. I Am Not Coming Out. Jennifer Coates
Connor's Theatre Recs
The Public Theater's Free Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing (all-black cast featuring Danielle Brooks & Grantham Coleman, directed by Kenny Leon)
The Broadway run of A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
The original-cast run of Hamilton
The 2021 original-cast run of Lizard Boy
Little Shop of Horrors
The Broadway run of Come From Away