On Saturday I headed up to Albany for the first annual Empire State Book Festival. I was excited because though I’ve attended and presented at lots of conferences I’ve never before participated in one focused exclusively on books. It was a good experience, but one also very very different from the sorts of spaces I’m …
Hi Everyone! I just wanted to give you a quick heads up that I will be on the Michelangelo Signorile Show Friday April 8th at 3:30 pm talking about Kicked Out and the epidemic of LGBTQ youth homelessness! The Michelangelo Signorile Show broadcasts Monday through Friday, 2-6 p.m. ET (11-3 PT), on Sirius OutQ 109, …
Read more “Sassafras on the Michelangelo Signorile Show Friday (4/8) @ 3:30”
I knew this was something that I needed/wanted to talk about here on the kicked out site- I’ve just been spending the last week or so figuring out how to do it justice. Last week that Martie Maguire and Emily Robinson best known for being part of The Dixie Chicks (a country band) and now …
Read more “Ain’t No Son- thoughts from a kicked out country kid”
Kicked Out: New York Release from Samantha Stark on Vimeo. Samantha Stark of Dirty Hands New York was at the NYC release for Kicked Out and has just put up a fantastic article & video that talks about the Kicked Out anthology including excerpts from my own story, as well as an interview conducted the …
Read more “Dirty Hands NY features Kicked Out editor Sassafras Lowrey”
please click the above link to be taken to a gallery of photos from the NYC release event It’s hard to believe that the NYC release of Kicked Out was a week ago. I meant to have this post up sooner, but the words to express what an incredible evening it was took considerably longer …
Read more “Kicked Out is our promise…. reflections on the NYC release”
I’m still in awe of how incredible last night’s NYC release at of Kicked Out at The Center was. Those of you who plan events know that sometimes all the chaos ahead of time pays off and suddenly things flow seamlessly…. this was one of those nights. I can honestly say that there isn’t one …
Readings by Kicked Out Editor Sassafras Lowrey & Contributors Lucky Michaels, Ksen Pallegedara, Kestryl Cael, and Kay Barrett Friday March 19th 7pm @ The Center 208 West 13th Street Room 310
As a kid just the idea of Westminster meant a whole lot to me, so as you can imagine I was over the top thrilled when I was given the opportunity to get a press pass to the show and cover it for The Bark this year!!! My article about my experience going which talks …
Read more ““I dreamed about Westminster the way other children do Disneyland””
tomorrow (february 11th) marks the eight anniversary of when i was kicked out that final time. I’ve got a new blog post about it up at http://www.kickedoutanthology.com (including pictures of teen me)
There is a new blog post all about my thoughts and reflections on the national release of Kicked Out over at the Kicked Out website !!!!