Tenaya Darlington is a novelist, poet, and food writer. By day she teaches writing at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia; by night she blogs about cheese as Madame Fromage and leads tastings around the city. Her most recent book, Di Bruno Bros. House of Cheese: A Guide to Wedges, Pairings, and Recipes (Running Press, 2013), offers 30 recipes and highlights 170 artisan cheeses with pairing ideas that include wine, beer, and even cocktails.
Poetry
Autumn 2004
Petition
After Brigit Pegeen Kelly This may be my last request. This may be the last morning the mud cups my boots, and the shoots from the moss send up their […]
Poetry
Autumn 2004
Pomme Prisonniere
Five years to the hour since I was a bride, we eat wood mushrooms from the same damp atmosphere that brought our tongues out of the dark and into each […]
Poetry
Autumn 2004
Evening & Utero
A mouth opens, A path opens, But you don’t open. A flap bends back, A trap door lifts, a crust fractures, An ear hears a gunshot through miles of forest, […]