NEWS & RECENT WHATSITS
September 4/18 --
It's a total dream to announce my forthcoming chapbook of poems Shapeshifters with Rahila's Ghost Press! The chapbook will be out this fall; more info on how to order the book and other fun details soon. 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. |
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.