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Juliana Gray is a poet and professor from Alabama who lives in western New York. Chances are she’s really cold right now.

  • June 14, 2024
    The Ghost of Hamlet’s Father Tries to Have “The Talk” with Hamlet
    by Juliana Gray
  • February 24, 2023
    If You Give a Bear Cocaine…
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  • October 19, 2022
    Scenes from The Candymansplainer
    by Rebecca Saltzman and Juliana Gray
  • September 16, 2022
    Are You Seeing Another Farmers’ Market Vendor?
    by Juliana Gray
  • June 21, 2022
    Batman Contemplates the Non-Existence of Masturbation in the DC Universe
    by Juliana Gray
  • June 26, 2020
    A Message from Your University’s Vice President for Magical Thinking
    by Juliana Gray
  • February 18, 2020
    I’m the Coroner In the Game of Clue, and My Job Is a Lot Harder Than You’d Think
    by Juliana Gray
  • December 3, 2019
    Course Evaluations for Famous Teachers In Classic Literature
    by Juliana Gray
  • May 2, 2019
    University Assessment Committee Erotica
    by Juliana Gray
  • May 18, 2018
    The Incel Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
    by Juliana Gray
  • March 15, 2018
    Thinly Veiled Metaphors in Young Adult Dystopian Fiction
    by Juliana Gray
  • October 25, 2017
    Sylvia Plath’s The Ball Jar
    by Juliana Gray
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