Thank you to Media Diversified for letting me share some of my poetry on this Trans Day of Visibility. “Media Diversified is a young and growing non-profit organisation which seeks to cultivate and promote skilled writers of colour by providing advice and contacts and by promoting content online through its own platform. Live since July […]
I am really looking forward to this event. The AWP is the big creative writing shindig–and if you can make it down, please come by! Please join us for this extraordinary AWP panel/conversation/experience with CA Conrad, Joy Ladin, Ryka Aoki, Ian Ellasante, and TC Tolbert. Spirituality, like writing, hinges on transformation. Similarly, trans and genderqueer writers have unique experiences with […]
I found out recently that Why Dust Shall Never Settle Upon This Soul has been recognized as a Lambda Finalist this year in the all-new category of Transgender Poetry. That is an amazing honor! Thank you, Lambda Literary. I will be reading at the Lambda Finalist reading on May 24 at the West Hollywood City Hall. Los […]
I was needing mental space, so I went to SD to write. I knew these folks had invited me to chill with them,. so I just asked–and Boom! Instant fun and connection. Thank you to Oscar, Alex, Kailiokaōhialehua, and especially Shane and Sandra! THANK YOU!!! https://www.facebook.com/groups/UCSDL…
Right now, the only way to get Seasonal Velocities is to email me directly or come to a reading (or, if you are lucky, an independent queer bookstore may have one). Trans-Genre actually ran out of stock–BUT I sent 25 copies of my own to Amazon to take up the slack. Trans-Genre is working to switch printing methods so […]
Ok, imagine this. You are a mess. You are crying. All the weight of being trans is crashing down on you and you are thinking you’ve ruined your life and no one will ever love you again. And you call–the editor of the anthology you are a part of? The one who won the Lambda […]
Forest Nui Cobalt has been just the best. And we got to hang out in San Pedro and check out some art galleries last time I visited. But what makes me so proud and amazed is how she has channeled her ideals and gifts into a thriving professional life. She is her own boss, and […]
This place has been my standby breakfast and writing spot. The food is amazing, and the servers are always so helpful. They’ll watch your computer while you go to the bathroom–they’ll pull out the furniture to look for a lost car key. Did I mention the food is great? But mostly, smiling faces and friendly people […]
KB and Celeste! Again and again, they have been there for me. Celeste came by for Binder Con at UCLA and stayed weith me for the weekend and was amazing supportive. KB has been checking in with me almost daily, just to see how I am during some difficult times. What amazing people. And amazing […]
I was given the chance to close the Trans Asterisk Conference at UC Riverside. It was such an amazing warm and emotional experience. Not only did I run into Kay Ulanday Barrett and Jade Phoenix and Jade Hambaro, I made a lot of new friends. I read. I sold books, I talked to folks, I had […]