Author: ryka aoki
Just found out my Spring Break Tour!
Fresh from my publisher-more details to follow. Hi Ryka, Hope you are well! We got final confirmation on the final events, so I wanted to give you all the info you’ll need to make arrangements. We’re so excited to have you out here, this is going to be great! Tom Dates & Locations April 11 […]
A new story! See NoMorePotlucks.org
My latest story. Thank you to No More Potlucks for letting me publish it with you! The world isn’t always pretty, and this story isn’t, either. Not the easiest thing to write. The topic was “Risk,” so I took one.
I am enjoying Walla Walla!
So, Walla Walla serves some very good food–it is becoming a winery tourist stop. Alaska Air Lines even lets a passenger bring a box of wine home sans baggage fee! Good to see an air line teaming up with a community like that. I wish there were ways to balance out the need for a […]
Untangling the Knot with Carter Sickels and Ooligan Press.
Last year, I was asked by the wonderful Carter Sickels to contribute an essay to his book Untangling the Knot: Queer Voices on Marriage, Relationships & Identity. (Ooligan Press) I declined. I had really nothing to say about marriage–I thought the whole marriage push, while admirable, was far from the most pressing issue to address. As […]
Getting Ready for Whitman College in Walla Walla Feb 28, 7 pm Kimball Theater
I will be at Whitman College this weekend! Getting ready right now for my flight. I hope this flight is pretty simple, since for once I’m going to end up in the same time zone. (YAY!!) Packing is never the same, probably because weather varies so much. Usually I try to pack at least one […]
Thoughts on the Killings and Aftermaths
Right now, six trans women have been killed this year in the US. I suspect this is not a complete list, and I know this number will grow in the coming months. It doesn’t count the fates of trans women outside of the US, either. Anyone who is surprised by this must understand–this sort of […]
Thursday, February 12, RADAR (San Francisco, CA)
http://www.radarproductions.org/blog/ Come meet 4 of Radar’s abso fav artists this February! Thursday, February 12, 2015 SF Main Library – 100 Larkin Street Latino / Hispanic Rooms (Basement Level) 6pm Hosted by Virgie Tovar Featuring fresh baked cookies during the artist Q&A ==FREE== Featuring… CHLOE CALDWELL is the author of the novella, WOMEN (Short Flight/Long Drive) […]
Thank you so much, UC Irvine! (and UCI Keynote)
So, on January 24, I gave the concluding keynote speech a the 30th Annual Asian Pacific American Awareness Conference at UC Irvine. It was not my usual conference, and I admit I was nervous to address a event with an Asian-American, rather than LGBTQ focus. But I had such a wonderful time, such a healing and affirming […]
Small Presses and Making the Best Book Possible.
So, small presses come in many different types–they have so many different personalities, and I have been very lucky to have worked with three very good ones. Biyuti Press is handling my poetry book, which we should be out early 2015. Actually, this book was supposed to have been out in late fall/winter 2014, but I am […]