news
new year, new me! you can see i’m celebrating by spreading my publications across genres. there’s some stuff i’m very proud of listed below!
published fiction: “Seven Nation Army” in Roi Faineant Press, Pour Eux 54
published artwork: “Toothpicks” in Another Chicago Magazine
published poems: “barbe de papa” and “c-ptsd as the matter splatter galaxy” in Troublemaker Firestarter Volume 5
published poems: “pov: you’re my vibrator and i’m actually using you as a massager for once,” “5-4-3-2-1,” and “can’t keep me down” in Bullshit Lit
published fiction: “The Morbs” in Prose Online
published hybrid poem: “hangups or how to torch bridges” in Genrepunk Magazine
guest editing: i chose six ekphrastic poems by Clem Flowers, Simone Astrid, Adele Evershed, Katy Haas, Cassandra Whitaker, and Bibi Balkhi for my recent call with JAKE! it was a blast to curate and i hope to be able to do something like this again sometime soon.
raffle: i’m running another raffle to raise money for printing my thesis edition! check out this tweet for more information.
preorder salt box: my chapbook, salt box, is available for print preorder!
notes
i’d like to use this section for a call to action this month. i recently signed the Queer Artists for Palestine letter:
Queer Palestinians have called on us to call out Israel’s exploitation of queer performers in order to cover up, or "pinkwash," its decades of right-wing racist policies and military rule over millions of Palestinians. Enough.
the letter is viewable in its entirety at queerartistsforpalestine.org, and i’d like to urge my queer creative followers to sign as well.
sneak peek
this section is hibernating while i work on assembling the first draft of my thesis manuscript! check back next month for a poem though 👀
friends
call: GARLAND, fifth wheel press’ guest-edited litmag, is open for submissions on the theme of queerness and religion
release: last year, i found some of my favorite reads from a spreadsheet of 2023 poetry releases. so i made a 2024 sheet! add your books! find new ones to love!
current events
here’s what i’ve been reading, watching, listening to, and playing.
books: There Are Trans People Here by H. Melt, Grief Slut by Evelyn Berry
tv: School Spirits (Netflix)
games: Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, L.A. Noire
a note to my paid subscribers
following in the footsteps of many, i will be turning off paid subscriptions effective immediately. if you’d like to know why, here’s a post by
that explains it pretty well. and if you’d still like to support me, you can make a one-time donation or set up recurring donations through my ko-fi, or you can grab any of my downloadables on itch.io. tbh, these donations are incredibly helpful for me as i finish out my grad degree on a limited income. thanks for listening + your flexibility.