Author Archives: Annie Muse

About Annie Muse

Annie Muse is an Anchorage poet and essayist who earns her keep as an engineer. She's a fan of yoga & Christo & sewing & Schiele & Barlach & biscuits and blackberry jam.

Proposition 5, in three acts and a colophon

In which Annie comforts the prophets and foresees a Sea-change. Continue reading

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If I dare speak

In celebration of National Poetry Month, Bent Alaska presents “If I Dare Speak”, a poem from the pen of Annie Muse. Continue reading

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How have the gods

With Annie Muse’s poem “How have the gods,” Bent Alaska is pleased to continue featuring the creative writing of LGBTQA Alaskans. Continue reading

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Calves

With Annie Muse’s poem “Calves,” Bent Alaska is pleased to continue featuring the creative writing of LGBTQA Alaskans. Continue reading

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Twirl

With Annie Muse’s poem “Twirl,” Bent Alaska is pleased to continue featuring the creative writing of LGBTQA Alaskans. Continue reading

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White lines and a bell-shaped curve: The Rule of the 68%

If I paint a couple of white lines that the 68% can easily conform to, I will have at my disposal a powerful conforming force. But if the lines are white enough, thick enough, enforced enough, and I land out in the tails, I can even cease to be considered human. I could become Other. Continue reading

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Who are you? I really want to know!

In our TBLG community (yes, TBLG — let’s get the initials in the right order for once, shall we?) we really do want to “get” each other. It’s just that there are some places we, ourselves, cannot go. And that’s Okay. We just need to be very careful to be aware that our own orientation is not the only “right” orientation. We need to be very careful not to be mean. Continue reading

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Trans-suicide: I nearly became a statistic myself

The National Transgender Discrimination Survey in 2011 found that 41% of its respondents had attempted suicide at some point in their lives . Annie Muse suggests that keeping oneself safe from self-harm is not so much about “coming out” to others as it is about “coming in” to oneself. Continue reading

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Occupy Language: On the meaning of “occupy”

by Annie Muse Annie Muse comments on use of the word occupy, jumping off from a December blog post (“What if We Occupied Language?” 21 Dec 2011, nytimes.com), in which H. Samy Alim wrote, ”Occupy Wall Street has occupied language, has … Continue reading

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I Heard the Moon Call — A Song for My Trans Sisters

Bent Alaska is pleased to welcome a new contributor, Annie Muse. With her poem “I Heard the Moon Call,” we’re also pleased to inaugurate Bent Alaska’s greater inclusion of the creative writing of LGBTQA Alaskans. Continue reading

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