hey, I'm really deep down a rabbit hole right now & I'd like a reality check. for you, what is "confessional poetry," and do you think of this way of writing as gendered? if so, how? are there specific people who are the flagship poets of the confessional for you?

bonus question: are there still confessional poets? who are they?

would you consider, for example, Night Sky with Exit Wounds, certainly a deeply personal book that reveals a fair amount of intimate detail about Vuong's life, to be confessional poetry?