What happens in the brain when we read a poem? When we write one, hear one spoken aloud, or recite one from memory? This annotated bibliography, developed for a January 2026 MFA capstone at Queens University of Charlotte, gathers current neuroscience research alongside literary and clinical sources to explore those four modalities: reading, writing, listening, and recitation.
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Lucy Sante’s I Heard Her Call My Name is a luminous memoir of transition at age 67. As a memoir by a respected cultural critic, it is also a profoundly human story of a trans woman claiming her truth later in life.
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This Holy Week, I return to the gospel that offers no neat ending—but calls us to go to Galilee, to break our own silence, and speak.
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Sixteen years ago, Rachel Crandall-Crocker longed for a reason for transgender people to come together in joy—to have a moment of communal celebration. So she created one.
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We knew this attack was coming. That does not make it hurt any less or our outrage any less powerful. So how do we understand what is happening and respond?
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Starting on day one, the new administration signed executive orders that strip rights, deny medical care, and put transgender people in harm’s way.
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