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Launching the Unknown Play Project

This year I’m launching The Unknown Play Project, a documentary film project looking at some of the stories behind the changes happening in spaces where lesbians and queer women have been gathering to socialize and organize for the past fewContinue reading

My First Meme

Because I haven’t stopped thinking about Lorraine Hansberry since seeing the exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum, I’ve made my first meme. It would be wordy!

Here Comes A Brand New Year

It’s been a busy year. My Jesus Year, according to popular lore. When I haven’t had my head down, there has been much to see and do. Thank you to everyone who provided support, help, comfort, friendship, fun and momentsContinue reading

Cracking the World Open

“Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.”
—Audre Lorde

A Few Quick Updates & Recommendations

It’s been a busy but a good one. I’ve been working on my book project, taught my first class on Arts and Labor in Brooklyn that was attended by a wonderful group of people, and am in the planning andContinue reading

Watching Time Pass

“I don’t know much about leaving town
just that the wooden handle that pumps that well
keeps going up and down inside of me.”
-Ali Liebegott, The Beautifully Worthless

Art & Labor in the US

In the summer of 2013, I facilitated a class in Brooklyn titled “Rights, Demands, and Radical Reimaginings: Art & Labor in the US. The topic kept coming up in my own writing a lot lately and in many events IContinue reading

Production of Elephant in the Room

This weekend I’ll be traveling to St. Louis to attend the opening night production of my play The Elephant in the Room, which was selected to be part of the St. Louis Actors’ Studio inaugural LaBute New Theater Festival. TheContinue reading

For the Love of Books

The books on my nightstand have been piling up lately. I’ve let things get a little carried away.

Queer Writing Group

In fall of 2012, along with Ella Boureau of In the Flesh Magazine, I co-founded a queer writing group based in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. We welcome new members.