“Dress you
as you prefer, in men’s clothes—no rush
or pressure, pleasure in the long look,
the urge for color, then touch—”
Enjoy this audio recording of “My Sweetheart Hates to Shop, But This Is My Fantasy” by Janlori Goldman from Vol. 34:1 of CALYX Journal! Buy your copy here!
Janlori Goldman’s second book, My Antarctica, was published by Finishing Line Press (2022). Her first collection, Bread from a Stranger’s Oven, was chosen by Laure-Anne Bosselaar for the 2016 White Pine Press Poetry Prize. Gerald Stern chose her poem “At the Cubbyhole Bar” for the Raynes Poetry Prize. Janlori’s poetry is published in The Cortland Review, Rattle, Beloit Poetry Journal, Connotation Press, Gertrude, The Sow’s Ear, Contrary, Naugatuck River Review, The Stillwater Review, WORDPEACE, Rhino, On the Seawall, and Split This Rock.
Janlori works at the Center for Justice, and teaches social justice, literature, and writing. She volunteers as a writing mentor at MSK Cancer Center.