Touring is HARD and sometimes books get hurt. Over the years since Kicked Out was released I’ve traveled through the United States and across Europe with a suitcase full of books! Every so often books will get damaged. Right now I have 15 copies of Kicked Out that have some bent corners and water damage. …
It’s Pride week here in NYC – despite all the complex feelings that I (along with most queers) have about corporate pride I always find it to be a really special time of year. I’ll never forget my first Pride, and that first experience of seeing so many queer people and I try to never …
Sunday, July 13 3:30pm Bowery Poetry Club 308 Bowery, New York, New York 1001 Please RSVP on Facebook! Tickets 5-15 bucks sliding scale, no one turned away for lack of funds With our storytellers: Sassafras Lowrey (co-curating this event) William Johnson Ashley Young Victor Tobar Karen Taylor Nayland Blake Queer Memoir is New York’s first …
The annual lambda literary awards are always one of the highlights of my year, they are an opportunity to celebrate the importance of LGBTQ literature, authors and readers! Check out more red carpet photos here This yearI had the honor of attending as a presenter for the first time- it was super nerve wracking and …
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I had the chance to sit down with the awesome folks at The Feminist Wire to talk about self care, politics, and queer writing! Check it out! click here to read the full interview!
I’m so thrilled to be co-curating this fantastic show later this year! Check out the amazing poster that was designed by the one and only Cristy C. Road!!!! There’s more info about the event on the tumblr including a list of books being made into dioramas – hint hint Roving …
I’m so thrilled to announce that Leather Ever After is a FINALIST for the National Leather Association- International Writing Awards in the Anthology Category!!!! I’ve just emailed the fabulous Leather Ever After contributors with the great news. I’m so incredibly proud of this fun little book! Do you have your own copy? FINALISTS ANNOUNCED …
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Queers!!! Lambda Literary Foundation is asking us about what LGBTQ books saved our lives! They have started crowd-sourced campaign to collect brief videos or photographs that spread the word about inspirational books, poems, graphic novels, or other life-changing pieces of literature with the world. Contributions will become part of the 26th Annual Lambda Literary Awards celebration …
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I was tagged to be part of this writing process blog tour by the fantastic SJ Sindu whose work you should absolutely check out! The way it works is that each week different authors answer the following questions about our writing practice and then tag others to participate the next week. So without further introduction, …