Julie R. Enszer
Biography
Julie R. Enszer, PhD, is a scholar, editor, and poet. Her scholarly book manuscript, A Fine Bind, is a history of lesbian-feminist presses from 1969 until 2009. Her scholarly work has appeared or is forthcoming in Southern Cultures, Journal of Lesbian Studies, American Periodicals, WSQ, Post45, Frontiers, and other journals.
She is the author of six poetry collections: The Lamed-Vovniks (Indolent Books, 2026), The Pinko Commie Dyke with illustrations by Isabel Paul (Indolent Books, 2024), Avowed (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2016), Lilith’s Demons (A Midsummer Night’s Press, 2015), Sisterhood (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2013) and Handmade Love (A Midsummer Night’s Press, 2010).
She is editor of Fire-Rimmed Eden: Selected Poems by Lynn Lonidier (Sinister Wisdom 2023), OutWrite: The Speeches that Shaped LGBTQ Literary Culture with Elena Gross (Rutgers University Press, 2022) which won a 2023 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ+ Anthology, The Complete Works of Pat Parker (Sinister Wisdom/A Midsummer Night’s Press, 2016), which won the 2017 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Poetry, Sister Love: The Letters of Audre Lorde and Pat Parker 1974-1989 (Sinister Wisdom/A Midsummer Night’s Press, 2018), and Milk & Honey: A Celebration of Jewish Lesbian Poetry (A Midsummer Night’s Press, 2011), which was a finalist for the 2012 Lambda Literary Award in Lesbian Poetry.
Enszer has her MFA and PhD from the University of Maryland. She edits and publishes Sinister Wisdom, a multicultural lesbian literary and art journal, and a regular book reviewer for The Rumpus and Calyx. She is an Instructional Assistant Professor with the Sarah Isom Center at the University of Mississippi. You can read more of her work at www.JulieREnszer.com.
Published Works
Poetry
The Lamed-Vovniks (Indolent Books, 2026)
The Commie Pinko Dyke (Dancing Girl Press, 2019)
Avowed (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2016)
Lilith’s Demons (A Midsummer Night’s Press, 2015)
Sisterhood (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2013)
Sisterhood (chapbook; Seven Kitchen’s Press, 2010)
Handmade Love (A Midsummer Night’s Press, 2010)
Edited Works
OutWrite: The Conferences that Shaped LGBTQ Literary Culture, edited with Elena Gross (Rutgers University Press, 2022)
Everywoman Her Own Theology: On the Poetry of Alicia Ostriker, edited with Martha Nell Smith (University of Michigan Press, 2018)
Sister Love: The Letters of Audre Lorde and Pat Parker (Sinister Wisdom/A Midsummer Night’s Press, 2018)
The Complete Works of Pat Parker (Sinister Wisdom/A Midsummer Night’s Press, 2016)
Milk & Honey: Jewish Lesbian Poetry (A Midsummer Night’s Press, 2011)
Links to Sample Works
- Another Chicago Magazine, “On the other side of town”
Jewish Currents, “The Pinko Commie Dyke Hires”
Beltway, “The Marital Bed”
