Ms. Gruye

I am a writer and photographer. I get less than 4 hours of sleep each night, except for weekends when I sleep until my muscles ache from atrophy. My biggest literary influences are Henry Miller, Kathy Acker, John Steinbeck, and Dorothy Parker. I also harbor a fondness for punk rock circa 1977-79, Diane Arbus, and elegant footwear with a chunky, sensible heel. I whole heartedly embrace the artistic vision of Andy Warhol and Banksy.

Things that few people know about me: I play chess but am not very good at strategy. I have 20 tubes of high end lipgloss which I will never wear. I eat brie without the skin. In essence, I’d make a very bad Crimean countess.


In my writing I often go for a gut reaction. I want no reign over your brain or your heart, there are too many competing, fleeting factions there. My poems are the girl at the bar who can hold an intellectual conversation while drinking your whiskey, then sucker punch you when the brawl starts.