#We, queer perspectives

#we, queer perspectives

#we: Queer Perspectives - Chapter 510


From 2018-2020, #we was a bi-monthly talk and reading series focusing on writers from across the queer spectrum who had experienced marginalization both without and within the queer community. At Beast Crawl, #we celebrates this with four fantastic wordsmiths speaking their truth. These are our lives we’re talking about.


READER BIOS


EDWARD GUNAWAN (addword.com) is a Bay Area-based writer, translator & curator who authored Start a Riot! Prize-winning The Way Back (Foglifter Press, 2022) and Press Play (Sweet Lit, 2020).


JULIA SERRANO writes about gender, sexuality, science, and social justice, and has authored five books, including Whipping Girl, Excluded, Sexed Up, and her award-winning debut novel 99 Erics.


SHILPA KAMAT is a Poet, educator, and healing arts practitioner Shilpa Kamat’s writing ranges from ecopoetics to speculative/experimental. Her chapbook, Saraswati Takes Back the Alphabet, was a finalist for the Gloria Anzaldúa Poetry Prize.


RICHARD LORANGER is a queer writer and performer who has authored six books and ten chapbooks. They curated #we in 2018-20, and will read and host this event as well.

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7pm Leg 3 - Chapter 510 and the Dept of Make/ Believe