Kimberly Grey

"A mother can dislocate you. No one tells you this, so I will do the telling. For years I've wandered around in separations; a legless knee floating in distinctive clicks." from A MOTHER IS AN INTELLECTUAL THING: ESSAYS

Kimberly Grey is the author of three books. She earned a PhD at the University of Cincinnati and is currently an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing in the graduate program at the University of North Texas.

"No way to hold you and so/ I do what the pines do:/ not be trees but be full/ of want and waiting/ and detachment, dement—I so wish to de-miss you." No System for Pining from SYSTEMS FOR THE FUTURE OF FEELING: POEMS