Hi Everyone! I’ll be in San Diego this weekend chatting about Queer Speculative Fiction and other wonderful things with the amazing Foz Meadows! Panel – Queer Speculative Fiction: Start Time: 11:30 am Arrival Time: 11:00 am Panelists: Ryka Aoki LIGHT FROM UNCOMMON STARS and Foz Meadows A STRANGE AND STUBBORN ENDURANCE, moderated by Scott Paulson […]
It’s been a while since I’ve updated, but I’ll be taking better care of this site going forward! A lot has happened since my last post, and I’m trying to figure out the best ways to say hello to everyone! Thank you so much again!! Much love!!! Ryka
Meredith Talusan wrote a beautiful article on a project that I am part of. ““Queer Check-Ins”…curated by the poet Franny Choi, brings together 12 other queer and trans Asian-American poets to read their poetry over videos drawn from their lives. Part of an ongoing digital exhibition called “A Day in the Queer Life of Asian Pacific America,” […]
Los Angeles City College is a few miles away from me, and literally a couple of blocks from my old apartment. However, I can’t clearly remember the last time I had been on its campus. However, thanks to Sue Landers and Lambda Literary, I was invited to speak and read as part of their book […]
So, this was something to wake up to. My friend Kay Ulanday Barrett had posted on their site that they had been one of “9 Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Writers You Should Know” in Vogue. I wrote a big congratulations–and then they said I was one of the nine, as well. So gosh! Wow! One […]
This November, I am proud to be presenting at Open by Riot Laughter—archiving the resistance, divestment & transcendence of gender It’s a workshop by Winter Tangerine for trans/gender non-conforming writers. I am super excited! My talk will be called: “Where Are You Pointing That Flash?” and will discussing we position ourselves relative to our work. My lecture will […]