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Love Thirsts for More Love | Dante Fuoco

Published about 1 month ago • 1 min read

Dear friends,

I write to you once again surrounded by thousands of books — my happy place — though this time the difference is that we're unpacking, which is a great deal more exciting. Deciding which book goes on which shelf is a task I take very seriously and enjoy thoroughly.

It has me thinking: why do we love literature so? Why do we (those of us in this house, and you reading this) spend years — whole lives, really — investigating what language can do?

I was going to go on a tirade, but I'd rather hear from you. Write a short piece in response and email it to me. We'll publish a selection on the ONLY POEMS blog as a series of Letters to the Editor. You know how much I love hearing from you. I can't wait to read your reflections.

Yours,

​Karan​

Dante Fuoco

Dante Fuoco is the author of breeding season (C&R Press, 2026). His writing appears (or will appear) in Split Lip Magazine, The Offing, Foglifter, DIAGRAM, Poets.org, and other places. A recent fellow at the Edward F. Albee Foundation, Dante is also an educator, restorative justice facilitator, performer, avid swimmer, and girl about town.

from [How will you ever geometry grief?]

How will you ever geometry grief? Your sorrow lacks shape. Your rage needs a name. Even your pleasure: an unanswered thing.

On open hearts, open relationships, and the poetry of the body

Straight culture so often mistranslates love into a tired game of possession, of “finding your person,” when really love is something far more wondrous and expansive. Silly, even. I have, like, 18 crushes right now, each crush a precious little love nugget I’m unwilling to surrender—much like my friendships, which I also count as romances, each lush with intimacy that transcends sex.

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