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Conversation with queer-identified authors about their works and lives

Shelley Wong


Shelley Wong, award-winning poet and self-avowed Xennial

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment May 24, 2022May 19, 2022 1 Minute

Victor Evans


Victor Evans, entertainment journalist, educator, documentary filmmaker, and world traveler

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment May 17, 2022May 17, 2022 1 Minute

Jesse Xander


Jesse Xander, biological anthropologist who fancies archeology and J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment May 10, 2022May 4, 2022 1 Minute

Chris Pepin-Neff


Chris Pepin-Neff, lobbyist, congressional aide, and political activist, now a senior lecturer at the University of Sydney

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment May 3, 2022April 21, 2022 1 Minute

Brontez Purnell–Revisited


Brontez Purnell, dancer, musician, filmmaker, and host of “Cooking with Brontez”

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment April 29, 2022April 21, 2022 1 Minute

Keely Shinners


Keely Shinners, essayist, editor of “ArtThrob,” founder of “[in review],” and co-founder of Best Friend Club, who lives in Capetown

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment April 26, 2022April 29, 2022 1 Minute

Lance Ringel–Revisited


Lance Ringel, political activist, playwright, and staff member at Vassar College

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment April 22, 2022April 20, 2022 1 Minute

Kelliane Parker


Kellian Parker, Latinx poet who has a vision of a world free from victim blaming and shaming

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment April 19, 2022April 13, 2022 1 Minute

Brian Broome–Revisted


Brian Broome, poet, screenwriter, K. Leroy Irvis Fellow and instructor in The Writing Program at the University of Pittsburgh

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment April 15, 2022April 11, 2022 1 Minute

Casey Hamilton


Casey Hamilton, story-teller, and content creator for the web series “Judys”

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment April 12, 2022March 26, 2022 1 Minute

John Copenhaver–Revisited


John Copenhaver, award-winning author, teacher, and book reviewer

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment April 8, 2022April 4, 2022 1 Minute

Vi Khi Nao


Vi Khi Nao, artist, filmmaker, poet, and former fellow at the Black Mountain Institute

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment April 5, 2022March 24, 2022 1 Minute

Arisa White–Revisited


Arisa White, poet, Cave Canem fellow, community event organizer, and professor of Creative Writing at Colby College

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment April 1, 2022March 23, 2022 1 Minute

Preston Allen


Preston Allen, a government licensed professional who likes to travel to foreign countries, explore interesting cuisine, and visit theme parks

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment March 29, 2022March 18, 2022 1 Minute

Michael Nava–Revisited


Michael Nava, attorney, advocate, activist, award-winning author of the “Henry Rios” series

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment March 25, 2022March 22, 2022 1 Minute

J.P. Jackson


J.P. Jackson, health-care IT analyst and breeder of African Violets by day, summoner of demons, witches, and shapeshifters by night

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment March 22, 2022March 10, 2022 1 Minute

Leslie Cohen


Leslie Cohen, former art dealer, night club owner, and political activist

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Lillian Faderman


Lillian Faderman, educator and historian

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Dennis E. Staples


Dennis E. Staples, Red Lake Nation Ojibwe Minnesotan who likes dark, otherworldly fiction

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment March 8, 2022February 25, 2022 1 Minute

Rem Wigmore


Rem Wigmore, novelist, fantasist, and teller of tall tales

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature 1 Comment March 1, 2022February 12, 2022 1 Minute

Gwen Paradice


Gwen Paradice, two-spirited Cherokee, weightlifter, and video gamer

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment February 22, 2022January 20, 2022 1 Minute

Damian Serbu


Damian Serbu, educator, who writes about vampires and other scary beasties

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment February 15, 2022February 9, 2022 1 Minute

Anne Shade


Anne Shade, avid crafter and future bed & breakfast proprietor

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment February 8, 2022January 25, 2022 1 Minute

Brontez Purnell


Brontez Purnell, dancer, musician, filmmaker, and host of “Cooking with Brontez”

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Christopher Castellani


Christopher Castellani, faculty and board member of the Warren Wilson MFA Program and the Bread Loaf Writers Conference, and artistic director of the Grub Street writing center

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SA Baz Collins


SA Baz Collins, classically trained singer/actor, graphic artist, and co-host of the “WROTE” podcast

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment January 18, 2022January 3, 2022 1 Minute

Victoria Sheridan


Victoria Sheridan, student of archeology, cultural anthropology, and East-Asian studies (but does nothing with those)

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Ben Kline


Ben Kline, former farm boy, poet, boy city fella, bourbonite, and fit-fiend

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment January 4, 2022December 23, 2021 1 Minute

Jude Treswell


Jude Treswell, devotee of sedimentary geology who writes a blog about asexuality, polyamory, beer, and tattoos

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature 1 Comment December 28, 2021December 16, 2021 1 Minute

Alexander Watson


Alexander Watson, who leads a riparian life aboard a vintage mahogany and chrome yacht

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Anne Raeff & Lori Ostlund


Anne Raeff & Lori Ostlund, educators, award-winning authors, and proud parents

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Tyler Davis


Tyler Davis, screenwriter and blogger

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment December 7, 2021November 24, 2021 1 Minute

Natasha Saje


Natasha Saje, English Professor, poet, essayist, and food critic

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment November 30, 2021November 17, 2021 1 Minute

Timothy Jay Smith


Timothy Jay Smith, world traveler, award-winning stage and screen writer, founder of the Smith Prize for Political Theater

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment November 23, 2021November 10, 2021 1 Minute

Joelle Circé Laramée


Joelle Circé Laramée, painter, trans advocate, and resident of Quebec

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature 2 Comments November 16, 2021October 30, 2021 1 Minute

Kergan Edwards-Stout


Kergan Edwards-Stout, award-winning director, HIV educator, and proud father of two children

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Cliff James


Cliff James, globe trekker, cultural dissident, journalist, and grower of olives

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature 1 Comment November 2, 2021October 24, 2021 1 Minute

Dayna Ingram


Dayna Ingram, queer genre fiction writer

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Monica Nolan


Monica Nolan, filmmaker, lecturer, and former bookstore clerk

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Zack Smedley


Zack Smedley, chemical engineer who enjoys building furniture, baking, programming, screenwriting, and tinkering with electronic systems

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment October 12, 2021October 5, 2021 1 Minute

John Copenhaver


John Copenhaver, award-winning author, teacher, and book reviewer

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment October 5, 2021September 25, 2021 1 Minute

Rick R. Reed


Rick R. Reed, award-winning author whose passions include food, cooking, running, and traveling to Montreal 

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment September 28, 2021September 15, 2021 1 Minute

Tanea Lunsford Lynx


Tanea Lunsford Lynx, instructor, abolitionist, and fourth generation Black San Franciscan on both sides

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment September 21, 2021September 7, 2021 1 Minute

Gregory L. Norris


Gregory L. Norris, screenwriter and full-time professional writer being romanced by his muse

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment September 14, 2021August 31, 2021 1 Minute

Achy Obejas


Achy Obejas, former journalist and activist

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment September 7, 2021August 24, 2021 1 Minute

Robert Jones Jr.


Robert Jones Jr., creator and curator of the social justice, social media community Son of Baldwin

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment August 31, 2021August 19, 2021 1 Minute

Robert Jones Jr.–Bonus Material


Additional conversation with Robert Jones Jr. in which we discuss Ma Rainey, Phillis Wheatley, “Kick the Ick,” and a few other topics

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Britt East


Britt East, inspirational speaker and blogger

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Maurice Carlos Ruffin


Maurice Carlos Ruffin, New Orleans native, lawyer, and former restauranteur

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment August 17, 2021August 5, 2021 1 Minute

Julia Serano


Julia Serano, performer, activist, musician, and biologist

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment August 10, 2021July 23, 2021 1 Minute

Miguel Murphy


Miguel Murphy, award-winning poet, beach bum, rapscallion, and coffee fiend  

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment August 3, 2021July 21, 2021 1 Minute

D’yan Forest


D’yan Forest, comedienne, chanteuse, golfer, and swimmer

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment July 30, 2021July 22, 2021 1 Minute

Liz Faraim


Liz Faraim, former soldier, bartender, shoe salesperson, assistant museum curator, and driving instructor who writes strong, queer, female leads who don’t back down

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment July 27, 2021July 21, 2021 1 Minute

Kellie Doherty


Kellie Doherty, Alaska native, publisher, freelance editor, and avid tea drinker

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment July 20, 2021July 9, 2021 1 Minute

Patrick Earl Ryan


Patrick Earl Ryan, literary journal editor, martial arts philosophy and tai chi chuan instructor, winner of the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment July 13, 2021June 29, 2021 1 Minute

Wayne Goodman–Yet again…


I recently appeared on Ben Tanzer’s “This Podcast Will Change Your Life”

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment July 9, 2021July 8, 2021 1 Minute

Jade Winters


Jade Winters, London born and educated journalist and filmmaker

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment July 6, 2021June 27, 2021 1 Minute

Sebastian Stuart


Sebastian Stuart, screenwriter, playwright, ghost writer, and manuscript consultant

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Brian Broome


Brian Broome, poet, screenwriter, K. Leroy Irvis Fellow and instructor in The Writing Program at the University of Pittsburgh

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment June 25, 2021June 15, 2021 1 Minute

Johnson Chong


Johnson Chong, spiritual guide, founder of the Sage Sapien Soul Academy

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment June 22, 2021June 2, 2021 1 Minute

Jenn Shapland


Jenn Shapland, essayist, literary detective, and Lammy Award winner

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Laury A. Egan


Laury A. Egan, fine arts photographer and former book designer

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Julian K. Jarboe


Julian K. Jarboe, Lammy award winner, resident of Salem, Massachusetts

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Emanuel Xavier


Emanuel Xavier, Nuyorican poet, homeless advocate, and former wharf rat

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Juliano Delgado Lopera–Revisited


Juliana Delgado Lopera, Colombian writer, historian, speaker, storyteller, and former Executive/Artistic Director of RADAR Productions in San Francisco, reads from her Lammy winning “Fiebre Tropical”

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature 1 Comment June 4, 2021June 4, 2021 1 Minute

K-Ming Chang


K-Ming Chang, Kundiman fellow, editor at “The Offing” magazine, and National Book Foundation “5 under 35” honoree

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment June 1, 2021May 15, 2021 1 Minute

Barbara Sjoholm


Barbara Sjoholm, journalist, translator, travel writer, who publishes mysteries and lesbian fiction under the name Barbara Wilson

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment May 25, 2021May 8, 2021 1 Minute

R.L. Merrill


R.L. Merrill, educator, music critic, food reviewer, and romance writer

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature 1 Comment May 18, 2021May 4, 2021 1 Minute

Willy Wilkinson–Revisited


Willy Wilkinson, writer, public health consultant, expert in transgender issues, and LGBTQ activist

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment May 14, 2021May 1, 2021 1 Minute

David Kingston Yeh


David Kingston Yeh, Toronto-based counsellor and educator

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment May 11, 2021May 11, 2021 1 Minute

Anand Vedawala–Revisited


Anand Vedawala, Indian-born writer, artist, educator, and Executive Director of San Francisco Zine Fest

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Jennifer Steil


Jennifer Steil, PhD Candidate/ Researcher at the University of Birmingham, and former journalista who now lives in Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment May 4, 2021April 23, 2021 1 Minute

James Crews–Revisited


James Crews, poet, educator, anthology editor, and writing coach

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Kim Shuck


Kim Shuck, Seventh Poet Laureate of San Francisco

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment April 27, 2021April 10, 2021 1 Minute

Chen Chen–Revisited


Chen Chen, educator and Jacob Ziskind Poet-in-Residence at Brandeis University

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment April 23, 2021April 13, 2021 1 Minute

Charles Jensen


Charles Jensen, award-winning writer of chapbooks, director of the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program, and host of “The Write Process”

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment April 20, 2021April 5, 2021 1 Minute

Luiza Flynn-Goodlett–Revisited


Luiza Flynn-Goodlett, poet, reviewer, and editor-in-chief at Foglifter

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Jan Steckel


Jan Steckel, physician, Peace Corps member, reviewer, and award-winning poet

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment April 13, 2021March 20, 2021 1 Minute

Jasper David Lauter–Revisited


Jasper David Lauter, poet, trans activist, and drag performer

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment April 9, 2021April 3, 2021 1 Minute

Richard LeMay


Richard LeMay, award-winning filmmaker

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment April 6, 2021March 13, 2021 1 Minute

Thea Matthews–Revisited


Thea Matthews, San Francisco native, poet, scholar, and activist

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Tina Kakadelis


Tina Kakadelis, author of the Carly Allen Trilogy, and huge Bruce Springsteen fan

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment March 30, 2021March 11, 2021 1 Minute

Lannie Stabile


Lannie Stabile, award-winning poet and chapbook creator

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment March 23, 2021March 23, 2021 1 Minute

Jack Dickson


Jack Dickson, playwright, filmmaker, and author of the crime fiction Jas Anderson series recently republished by ReQueered Tales

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment March 16, 2021March 5, 2021 1 Minute

Gillian Cameron


Gillian Cameron, artist, professional storyteller, filmmaker, educator, and self-professed “bookstore lady”

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment March 9, 2021March 9, 2021 1 Minute

Miah Jeffra


Miah Jeffra, founding editor of Foglifter Press, Santa Clara University staff member, and social/art activist

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Valerie Miner


Valerie Miner, award-winning author, international journalist, reviewer, and Stanford professor

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment February 23, 2021June 4, 2021 1 Minute

David S. Pederson


David S. Pederson, mystery writer at Bold Strokes Books

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature 3 Comments February 16, 2021February 3, 2021 1 Minute

Ian Madison Keller


Ian Madison Keller, bisexual trans man who escaped Provo, Utah, and lives near Portland

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment February 9, 2021February 2, 2021 1 Minute

Linnéa Capps


Linnéa Capps, president of the Furry Writers’ Guild, editor-in-chief at Unsung Games, former circus worker and staff writer at PokeGoldfish

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment February 2, 2021February 2, 2021 1 Minute

Lance Ringel


Lance Ringel, political activist, playwright, and staff member at Vassar College

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment January 26, 2021January 26, 2021 1 Minute

Kathryn Bond Stockton


Kathryn Bond Stockton, Director of Gender Studies at The University of Utah, English professor, mountain biker, and skate skier

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment January 19, 2021January 10, 2021 1 Minute

Michael Alenyikov


Michael Alenyikov, former bookstore clerk, clinical psychologist, cab driver, and interactive media writer

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature 1 Comment January 12, 2021December 28, 2020 1 Minute

Terra Snover


Terra Snover, video game designer, comic artist, filmmaker, and political candidate (briefly)

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment January 5, 2021December 23, 2020 1 Minute

M. D. Neu


M. D. Neu, award-winning author at Nine Star Press, blogger, founder of Bay Area Queer Writers Association, and avid scuba diver

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature 1 Comment December 29, 2020December 29, 2020 1 Minute

Wayne Goodman


Wayne Goodman, host of Queer Words Podcast, as a guest on the WROTE Podcast

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment December 26, 2020December 11, 2020 1 Minute

Eric Andrews-Katz


Eric Andrews-Katz, massage therapist and entertainment reviewer

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Leigh Harlen


Leigh Harlen, writer of dark leaning speculative fiction who enjoys petting strangers’ dogs, crocheting, and enthusing about bats

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature 1 Comment December 15, 2020November 30, 2020 1 Minute

J. Scott Coatsworth


J. Scott Coatsworth, community organizer and member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America

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J. Marshall Freeman


J. Marshall Freeman, musician, graphic designer, poet, and bicyclist rights advocate

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment December 1, 2020November 20, 2020 1 Minute

Jaimie Kelton & Robin Hopkins


Jaimie Kelton & Robin Hopkins, co-hosts of the podcast “If These Ovaries Could Talk”

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment November 27, 2020November 17, 2020 1 Minute

Brent Calderwood


Brent Calderwood, journalist, literary critic, editor, copywriter, and poet

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment November 24, 2020November 14, 2020 1 Minute

Robert Joseph Greene


Robert Joseph Greene, reluctant activist and reteller of fairy tales

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature 1 Comment November 17, 2020November 11, 2020 1 Minute

Lee Patton


Lee Patton, educator, playwright, and author with Bold Strokes Books

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Mari Naomi


Mari Naomi, award winning author and illustrator who maintains databases for queer, disabled, and cartoonists of color

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature 1 Comment November 3, 2020October 22, 2020 1 Minute

Brad Shreve


Brad Shreve, hospitality industry survivor, beach bum, proud dad, and host of Gay Mystery Podcast

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Bob Angell


Bob Angell (author name R.R. Angell), techie, activist, former defense contractor, who writes short stories, and has his first novel, “Best Game Ever”

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature 2 Comments October 23, 2020 1 Minute

Naomi Wolf


Naomi Wolf, best-selling author, feminist, and political advisor

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment October 13, 2020September 28, 2020 1 Minute

Naomi Wolf–Bonus Material


Bonus material includes discussions of Larry Kramer, the evolution of her new book, “Outrages,” and sexuality in the 19th Century.

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Nicole Disney


Nicole Disney, a lifelong storyteller who loves exploring the hidden corners of life

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Hugh Ryan


Hugh Ryan, queer historian, teacher, curator, and speaker in New York City

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Anne Laughlin


Anne Laughlin, Chicago native, real estate agent, and fan of writing residencies

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Sam Ledel


Sam Ledel, author with Bold Strokes Books who likes to chase her Jack Russell Terrier around the apartment, watch way too many movies, or stare out a window with a cup of coffee in hand

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Barbara Ann Wright


Barbara Ann Wright, Texas native and speculative fiction author at Bold Strokes Books

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment September 8, 2020August 27, 2020 1 Minute

Garth Greenwell


Garth Greenwell, author, poet, literary critic, and educator

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature 1 Comment September 1, 2020August 20, 2020 1 Minute

Erin Pringle


Erin Pringle, who describes herself as a writer of fictions, tender of small fires, dreamer born out of the Midwest

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Jim Provenzano


Jim Provenzano, Lambda Literary award-winning author, playwright, photographer, journalist, editor, and activist

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment August 18, 2020July 28, 2020 1 Minute

Clifford Mae Henderson


Clifford Mae Henderson, award-winning author, playwright, and improvisation coach, who admits to being baffled by reality

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Jonathan Vatner


Jonathan Vatner, award-winning journalist who works at the Fashion Institute of Technology

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Mickey Brent


Mickey Brent, globetrotter, freelance artist, lover of languages, teacher, and translator

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John R. Gordon


John R. Gordon, award-winning author and publisher

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Ann Aptaker


Ann Aptaker, native New Yorker, art historian and curator, author of the Cantor Gold mystery series

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A. J. Fitzwater


A. J. Fitzwater, who self describes as “1000 tiny dragons flapping furiously inside a meat suit, living between two fault lines in Christchurch, New Zealand”

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Richie Jackson


Richie Jackson, performer, producer, parent

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Rob Rosen–Revisited


Rob Rosen, multi-award-winning and best-selling author/editor/ anthologist

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Hamour Baika


Hamour Baika, Iranian-American, fan fiction writer

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Tara Madison Avery–Revisited


Tara Madison Avery, cartoonist, illustrator, and publisher at Stacked Deck Press

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Renee Roman


Renee Roman, community organizer, proofreader, and author at Bold Strokes Books

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Meg Elison–Revisited


Meg Elison, speculative fiction writer and feminist essayist whose writings often incorporate the themes of female empowerment, body positivity, and gender flexibility

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Jane C. Esther


 

 

Jane C. Esther, librarian, speculative fiction writer, self-professed science nerd

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Jewelle Gomez–Revisited


Jewelle Gomez, poet, playwright, and author of “The Gilda Stories,” the original Lesbian Vampire book

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Peter Gajdics


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Peter Gajdics, Vancouver native, conversion therapy survivor, playwright, activist, advocate

 

 

 

 

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Kathleen Knowles


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Kathleen Knowles, health and safety specialist, novelist with Bold Strokes Books

 

 

 

 

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Andrew Jordan Nance


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Andrew Jordan Nance, children’s author, educator, stage director, founder of Mindful Arts San Francisco

 

 

 

 

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Andrew Jordan Nance–Bonus Material


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Andrew and Wayne discuss Mindfulness, Eastern Thought, Childhood Psychology, and Long-lasting Relationships

 

 

 

 

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Kevin Klehr


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Kevin Klehr, Australian radio host, media and communications guru

 

 

 

 

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Adrian Shanker


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Adrian Shanker, healthcare activist, advocate, organizer, also founder of the Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania

 

 

 

 

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature 1 Comment May 8, 2020June 4, 2021 1 Minute

Leaf Seligman


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Leaf Seligman, restorative justice practitioner, tree worshipper, educator, pastor

 

 

 

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Gr Keer–Revisited


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Gr Keer, poet and librarian who prefers long walks on foggy beaches, complicated personalities, and awkward silences

 

 

 

 

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Lev Raphael


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Lev Raphael, educator, editor, award-winning author of over 20 books of prose, memoir, short stories, and non-fiction

 

 

 

 

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Arisa White–Revisited


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Arisa White, poet, Cave Canem fellow, community event organizer, and professor of Creative Writing at Colby College

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Michael Tod Edgerton


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Michael Tod Edgerton, poet, educator, lecturer

 

 

 

 

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Europa Grace–Revisited


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Europa Grace, experiential/experimental poet and Yoga instructor

 

 

 

https://queerwordsorg.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/europa-grace-20181105.mp3

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Chen Chen


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Chen Chen, educator and Jacob Ziskind Poet-in-Residence at Brandeis University

 

 

 

 

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Tom Ammiano


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Tom Ammiano, educator, comedian, activist, public servant, San Francisco landmark

 

 

 

 

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment April 10, 2020June 4, 2021 1 Minute

Natasha Dennerstein–Revisited


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Natasha Dennerstein is an Australian-born trans poet living in the San Francisco Bay area and is an Editorial Assistant at Nomadic Press. In a former life she functioned as a psychiatric nurse.

 

 

https://queerwordsorg.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/natasha-dennerstein-20181012.mp3

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment April 8, 2020March 29, 2020 1 Minute

James Crews


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James Crews, poet, educator, anthology editor, and writing coach

 

 

 

https://queerwordsorg.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/james-crews-20200123.mp3

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment April 7, 2020March 21, 2020 1 Minute

Philip Dean Walker


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Philip Dean Walker, essayist and short story writer

 

 

 

 

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature 1 Comment March 31, 2020June 4, 2021 1 Minute

Amy Hoffman


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Amy Hoffman, memoirist, journalist, activist, consultant, former editor of “Women’s Review of Books”

 

 

 

 

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment March 24, 2020September 26, 2021 1 Minute

Jim Van Buskirk


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Jim Van Buskirk, book group facilitator, public speaker, exhibit curator, collections manager, essayist, journalist, librarian

 

 

 

https://queerwordsorg.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/jim-van-buskirk-20190816.mp3

Queer Words Podcast LGBTQ Literature Leave a comment March 17, 2020March 2, 2020 1 Minute

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