NEWS & RECENT WHATSITS
June 1/18--
So thrilled to have my essay "Glossolalia" shortlisted for Room's Creative Non-Fiction Contest! I started this piece many years ago at school in Bennington, Vermont and was delighted to find out it had landed on this shortlist as I was driving back into Bennington, a place I very rarely go to now but apparently is still full of synchronicities. May 17/18 -- Last month, I sat down over breakfast to interview my dear friend, writer and magical femme, Alessandra Naccarato. Now you can read the interview on GUTS Magazine! March 9/18 -- I got to interview director Greg Berlanti and actor Keiynan Lonsdale about their new film Love, Simon for them., which was pretty much a dream come true! Check out our conversation about the film, coming out, and queer representation. December 25/17 -- I've had a lot of feelings about George Michael's passing in the last year and got to share some of those today on them.! Check out "A Year Without George Michael, My First Queer Hero" if you've been having some feelings too. |
ABOUT ME
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I'm a writer, facilitator, and collective organizer living on Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh land in Vancouver, where I earned an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia. I write poetry, non-fiction, and fiction for kiddos and teens.
I'm also one half of the organizing team behind REVERB: A Queer Reading Series, which delivered (ir)regular shows for five years featuring emerging and established queer writers, with a focus on transforming dominant narratives about whose stories matter. If you want, you can find out more about me here. |
WRITING
Sometimes I write stuff! My work has appeared in them., The Maynard, Plenitude Magazine, Matrix, SAD Mag and a bunch of other awesome literary journals. I have a poem in the anthology The Remedy: Queer and Trans Voices on Health and Health Care.
I'm currently working on a young adult novel about gender, Italian grandparents and the performing arts, which are things I know a little bit about. We'll see what happens!
To read some of my work and find out more about my writing, go here.
I'm currently working on a young adult novel about gender, Italian grandparents and the performing arts, which are things I know a little bit about. We'll see what happens!
To read some of my work and find out more about my writing, go here.
TEACHING
As a facilitator and writing teacher, I've worked with youth in high schools and university; mentored writers of all ages through Booming Ground, an online mentorship program; and delivered workshops on embodied poetics, collective living, and queerness and gender in young adult fiction.
The best feedback about my teaching I've ever gotten was from a teenager who said, "I didn't know writing could be like that!" Also, two different times an entire high school class made me a card with a drawing of my face on it. Who needs selfies when you have students?
If you want to learn more about my teaching experience or see what workshops I'm offering, take a look here.
The best feedback about my teaching I've ever gotten was from a teenager who said, "I didn't know writing could be like that!" Also, two different times an entire high school class made me a card with a drawing of my face on it. Who needs selfies when you have students?
If you want to learn more about my teaching experience or see what workshops I'm offering, take a look here.