For White Folks Who Want To Do Better: When Anti-Racism Isn’t Enough

I’m writing this after several months of requests from white friends, family, colleagues, and online pals on what to read in these times of high visibility of anti-Black state violence. I almost wrote “escalating” anti-Black violence, but this is a misrepresentation of the history of racist violence in the United States, despite the September 22,…… Continue reading For White Folks Who Want To Do Better: When Anti-Racism Isn’t Enough

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AWP Is NOT Us

Over years of working on literary publications, I have never felt particularly compelled to self-disclose as a radical queer editor, instead hoping that the writers I support would make clear my editorial interests. Today, Red Hen Press editor Kate Gale’s tone-deaf, reactionary—perhaps satirical?—piece “AWP Is Us,” posted at Huffington Post, illustrates publishing’s implicit & explicit…… Continue reading AWP Is NOT Us

New

Did y’all know I was really sad in Seattle? This seemed too ironically typical at the time, since Seattle has a reputation for being depressing. Boy, was it ever. Chett and I arrived smack dab in the middle of a huge wave of gentrification, and in our naive millenial reliance on public transportation, we soon…… Continue reading New

Personal

Personal statements are the worst nightmare of even a confident writer. A mysterious amalgamation of ego and sycophantry, decisiveness and open-to-influenceness, personal statement writing often begins with wild listmaking and doesn’t get much further until a panicked, last-minute rewrite at 1AM, wracked by guilt and accompanied by a bottle of Chateau Ste. Michele. As a…… Continue reading Personal

Cards

I’ve been wanting business cards for such a long time. I never felt quite right making them myself–I’m such a big supporter of graphic designers and artists, I felt like designing my own cards was sacrilege. Enter my cool coworker McKenna, who designed these groovy business cards for me. She’s got such a clean aesthetic,…… Continue reading Cards