february '25
can you feel the love tonight?
news
i’m another year older, and the day of love is behind us as well. it seems now that the year is finally in full swing, as least as far as i’m concerned. i’ve got some exciting things coming in the next few months, but first, let’s do the news.
one more time: my full-length poetry collection this book will not save you is now available from dogleech books in print and digitally. you can also pick up copies at Red Emma’s and Queer Haven Books while supplies last!
published piece: “journal (take #53)” in AZE Volume 7 Issue 2: Gender Expectations
published pieces: “okay” and “long black tulips” in the engine)idling Issue 5: Trashy Daydreams
published pieces: “journal (takes #24, 31, 37)” in Querencia Press’ Winter 2025 anthology
published poem: “remember me” in JMWW
published poem: “poem for a transphobic president” in
published poem: “i think they left the box” in Discount Guillotine Issue 1
published artwork: “spite” and “thank you” in dead pixel poetry
published cnf: “gender indifferent” in JAKE
published poem: “smoking in my parents’ basement (imagined)” in WIREWORM Issue 3
book review:
reviewed my photozine, the untamed camera: extended cut, in Sage Cigarettesevents: my next event is hosting March 13’s installment of FRUITCAKE, back at our original home, Ottobar. the lineup features Dylan Volk, A.R. Sherbatov,
, and Veronica Bennett; poetry starts around 7pm.
notes
i’d be remiss not to admit that i am personally struggling right now. i won’t get too into the specifics of it all, but a nonzero part of it is the way that i’ve watched the united states government attack trans people incessantly for the last month. moreover, it’s the cis people i know who are saying nothing. a recent photoset from instagram creator Aleah Black (@gendersauce) explained it all better than i ever could:
“it is really scary to be trans and living in the USA right now … i don’t know if my cis friends are doing anything to protect me … i know i am loved by the cis people in my life, but i have no idea if they know what these executive orders are doing to the trans people in their lives.”
so this is my message to my cis followers and subscribers: it is absolutely your responsibility to keep the trans people in your lives safe under this administration. consider how you are doing that in your daily life. show up for us and speak out for us. donate to and spread mutual aid requests. do not succumb to or tolerate anti-trans rhetoric. and if you’ve somehow found your way here, didn’t realize that i am a raging trans queer, and have a problem with that? please see yourself out.
sneak peek
still sleeping, but i bought a disposable camera in Chicago and am hoping to have some new photos to share next month?
friends
call: Stone Corpse Press is open for their annual micro/chapbook contests until 4/1
release: You Still Have Time To Fuck Off Forever by Maya Cordero comes out next month with Feral Dove
current events
here’s what i’ve been reading, watching, listening to, and playing.
books: The Fat Sonnets by Samantha Zighelboim, A Collection for No One to Read by Ben Shahon, Erotic Continent by Yuyi Chen, Averno by Louise Glück
tv: The Traitors; House of Villains; Summer House
games: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt; Animal Crossing: New Horizons
one final note
i have reopened paid subscriptions. while the pool will always be 100% free, i’m frankly in a place where i could use the additional income right now. if you’d prefer not to ferry your money through substack (i get it), you can also set up a recurring donation on ko-fi or send me a tip.