Teresa K. Miller, poet and essayist

Five and a half years ago, Russell Bennetts messaged out of the blue and asked me to send him some poems for Berfrois. I had no idea what I was getting into—as it turned out, not only those poems but also a poetry collection “by” Jeff Bezos, an interview and participation in two series at sister magazine Queen Mob’s Teahouse, an essay on food sovereignty and climate change that turned into an ongoing collaboration, and participation in the journal’s first-ever print anthology. So today, as Berfrois celebrates a decade in existence, I can’t think of a better place to share the first glimpse of a new project in progress: two poems from Borderline Fortune.