TC Tolbert is a genderqueer, feminist poet and teacher committed to social justice. S/he believes in working across communities—building bridges wherever possible. Tolbert earned an MFA in Poetry from the University of Arizona and teaches in the low residency MFA program at OSU-Cascades and teaches composition and transgender literature at University of Arizona. Tolbert lives in Tucson.
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Beg Approval
Because the only view we have is the one
that looks down on the knees. Praise perspective.
Praise shared disdain. Praise space made by connective
tissue; the synaptic cleft; elbowroom
at the dinner table; polite conversation;
lies you push through your teeth. Because dissecting
a dog's...