Nantasket Lights
after Temple Grandin Hilary Sideris I got kicked out of English for fighting. I remember What’s- Her-Name’s cheek blazing from my slap! She called me Tape Recorder over & over as I talked about the Rotor at Nantasket Park. I didn’t think in words. Still don’t. I rode that tilting wheel all night. I like the way it feels to be pushed up against a wall. |
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About the Author:
Hilary Sideris has recently published poems in Bellevue Literary Review, The Lake, Main Street Rag, Rhino, and Salamander. She is the author of Most Likely to Die (Poets Wear Prada 2014), The Inclination to Make Waves (Big Wonderful 2016), and Un Amore Veloce (Kelsay 2019). She lives in Brooklyn and works as a curriculum writer for The City University of New York's innovative CUNY Start program. Sideris has a B.A. in English literature from Indiana University and an MFA from the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop.
Hilary Sideris has recently published poems in Bellevue Literary Review, The Lake, Main Street Rag, Rhino, and Salamander. She is the author of Most Likely to Die (Poets Wear Prada 2014), The Inclination to Make Waves (Big Wonderful 2016), and Un Amore Veloce (Kelsay 2019). She lives in Brooklyn and works as a curriculum writer for The City University of New York's innovative CUNY Start program. Sideris has a B.A. in English literature from Indiana University and an MFA from the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop.