
Valerie Miner, award-winning author, international journalist, reviewer, and Stanford professor
Valerie Miner, award-winning author, international journalist, reviewer, and Stanford professor
David S. Pederson, mystery writer at Bold Strokes Books
Ian Madison Keller, bisexual trans man who escaped Provo, Utah, and lives near Portland
Linnéa Capps, president of the Furry Writers’ Guild, editor-in-chief at Unsung Games, former circus worker and staff writer at PokeGoldfish
Lance Ringel, political activist, playwright, and staff member at Vassar College
Kathryn Bond Stockton, Director of Gender Studies at The University of Utah, English professor, mountain biker, and skate skier
Michael Alenyikov, former bookstore clerk, clinical psychologist, cab driver, and interactive media writer
Terra Snover, video game designer, comic artist, filmmaker, and political candidate (briefly)
M. D. Neu, award-winning author at Nine Star Press, blogger, founder of Bay Area Queer Writers Association, and avid scuba diver
Wayne Goodman, host of Queer Words Podcast, as a guest on the WROTE Podcast
Eric Andrews-Katz, massage therapist and entertainment reviewer
Leigh Harlen, writer of dark leaning speculative fiction who enjoys petting strangers’ dogs, crocheting, and enthusing about bats
J. Scott Coatsworth, community organizer and member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
J. Marshall Freeman, musician, graphic designer, poet, and bicyclist rights advocate
Jaimie Kelton & Robin Hopkins, co-hosts of the podcast “If These Ovaries Could Talk”
Brent Calderwood, journalist, literary critic, editor, copywriter, and poet
Robert Joseph Greene, reluctant activist and reteller of fairy tales
Lee Patton, educator, playwright, and author with Bold Strokes Books
Mari Naomi, award winning author and illustrator who maintains databases for queer, disabled, and cartoonists of color
Brad Shreve, hospitality industry survivor, beach bum, proud dad, and host of Gay Mystery Podcast
Bob Angell (author name R.R. Angell), techie, activist, former defense contractor, who writes short stories, and has his first novel, “Best Game Ever”
Naomi Wolf, best-selling author, feminist, and political advisor
Bonus material includes discussions of Larry Kramer, the evolution of her new book, “Outrages,” and sexuality in the 19th Century.
Nicole Disney, a lifelong storyteller who loves exploring the hidden corners of life
Hugh Ryan, queer historian, teacher, curator, and speaker in New York City
Anne Laughlin, Chicago native, real estate agent, and fan of writing residencies
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
Barbara Ann Wright, Texas native and speculative fiction author at Bold Strokes Books
Garth Greenwell, author, poet, literary critic, and educator
Erin Pringle, who describes herself as a writer of fictions,
tender of small fires,
dreamer born out of the Midwest
Jim Provenzano, Lambda Literary award-winning author, playwright, photographer, journalist, editor, and activist
Clifford Mae Henderson, award-winning author, playwright, and improvisation coach, who admits to being baffled by reality
Jonathan Vatner, award-winning journalist who works at the Fashion Institute of Technology
Mickey Brent, globetrotter, freelance artist, lover of languages, teacher, and translator
John R. Gordon, award-winning author and publisher
Ann Aptaker, native New Yorker, art historian and curator, author of the Cantor Gold mystery series
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”
Richie Jackson, performer, producer, parent
Rob Rosen, multi-award-winning and best-selling author/editor/ anthologist
Hamour Baika, Iranian-American, fan fiction writer
Tara Madison Avery, cartoonist, illustrator, and publisher at Stacked Deck Press
Renee Roman, community organizer, proofreader, and author at Bold Strokes Books
Meg Elison, speculative fiction writer and feminist essayist whose writings often incorporate the themes of female empowerment, body positivity, and gender flexibility
Jane C. Esther, librarian, speculative fiction writer, self-professed science nerd
Jewelle Gomez, poet, playwright, and author of “The Gilda Stories,” the original Lesbian Vampire book
Peter Gajdics, Vancouver native, conversion therapy survivor, playwright, activist, advocate
Kathleen Knowles, health and safety specialist, novelist with Bold Strokes Books
Andrew Jordan Nance, children’s author, educator, stage director, founder of Mindful Arts San Francisco
Andrew and Wayne discuss Mindfulness, Eastern Thought, Childhood Psychology, and Long-lasting Relationships
Kevin Klehr, Australian radio host, media and communications guru
Adrian Shanker, healthcare activist, advocate, organizer, also founder of the Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania
Leaf Seligman, restorative justice practitioner, tree worshipper, educator, pastor
Gr Keer, poet and librarian who prefers long walks on foggy beaches, complicated personalities, and awkward silences
Lev Raphael, educator, editor, award-winning author of over 20 books of prose, memoir, short stories, and non-fiction
Arisa White, poet, Cave Canem fellow, community event organizer, and professor of Creative Writing at Colby College
Michael Tod Edgerton, poet, educator, lecturer
Europa Grace, experiential/experimental poet and Yoga instructor
Chen Chen, educator and Jacob Ziskind Poet-in-Residence at Brandeis University
Tom Ammiano, educator, comedian, activist, public servant, San Francisco landmark
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.
James Crews, poet, educator, anthology editor, and writing coach
Philip Dean Walker, essayist and short story writer
Amy Hoffman, memoirist, journalist, activist, consultant, former editor of “Women’s Review of Books”
Jim Van Buskirk, book group facilitator, public speaker, exhibit curator, collections manager, essayist, journalist, librarian
Olivia Wylie, landscaper and half of the writing team O.E. Tearmann, authors of the “Aces High, Jokers Wild” dystopian future series
Jerry L. Wheeler, journalist, editor, and award-winning author
Craig Laurance Gidney, award-winning short-story author and novelist
Lee Lynch, award-winning author and syndicated columnist (“The Amazon Trail”)
Ajuan Mance, visual artist and Professor of English at Mills College in Oakland, California
Gary Eldon Peter, lawyer, instructor, and short-story author, whose work has appeared on NPR’s “Selected Shorts: Shout it Out, The Stonewall Uprising at 50”
Now that I’ve had more experience in editing, I will be re-releasing several of the original podcasts, slightly updated. This week, we revisit Gar McVey-Russell, co-founder of ActUp East Bay and host of The Garspot Podcast
Penny Mickelbury, journalist, award-winning playwright, and novelist
Penny Mickelbury reads from her novel “Two Wings To Fly Away”
Isaac R. Fellman, Lambda Literary Award winner and historical research archivist
Maya Gonzales, award-winning artist, illustrator, educator, and co-creator of Reflection Press and School of the Free Mind
James J. Siegel, poet and host of the Literary Speakeasy series in San Francisco
Cass Sellars, certified fraud examiner, corporate fraud investigator, public safety trainer, and author of the Lightning series
Steven Reigns, poet, educator, smack-talker, founder of the “Gay Rub” project
Thea Matthews, San Francisco native, poet, scholar, and activist
David Hathwell, poet and former professor of English Literature
David Hathwell discusses his poetry in depth (and I contribute a few things) in this nearly un-edited episode
Katie Gilmartin, union organizer, sex researcher, college professor, and printmaker
Tim Floreen, author of Young Adult fiction, Yale graduate, yoga instructor, and devotee of Wonder Woman (who once met Lynda Carter)
Alanna McFall, author, playwright, and circus worker
Aaron Hamburger, educator and writes whose works have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The Village Voice, among others.
Sampson McCormick, stand-up comedian, filmmaker, and author
Chris Delyani, Boston born and schooled journalist who moved to San Francisco in 1993 to devote his life to writing
Juliana Delgado Lopera, award-winning Colombian writer, historian, speaker, storyteller, and former Executive/Artistic Director of RADAR Productions in San Francisco
Catherine Lundoff, writer, editor, fan, and self-proclaimed geek
Daniel Jaffe, formerly a corporate/securities attorney, currently a teacher at the UCLA Extension writers’ program
Cheryl Head, television producer, filmmaker, broadcast executive, media funder, and author of the Charlie Mack Motown Mystery Series
Alvin Orloff, former Go-Go Boy, punk band member, impresario, and current manager at Dog Eared Books in San Francisco’s Castro District
Michael Nava, attorney, advocate, activist, award-winning author of the “Henry Rios” series
Avery Cassell, writer, poet, cartoonist, grandpa, and artist
Wayne Hoffman, journalist, activist, columnist, managing editor at Tablet Magazine
Luiza Flynn-Goodlett, poet, reviewer, and editor-in-chief at Foglifter
Vincent Meis, ESL educator, travel writer, reviewer
Julian Shendelman, contributing editor at the University of Pennsylvania and Trans advocate
Christian Baines, Australian-born self-proclaimed awkward nerd who writes the gay paranormal series “The Arcadia Trust.” He stays in Toronto when he can’t find his passport
[Recorded at Saints + Sinners in New Orleans]
Lara Zielinsky, reviewer, short-story writer, award-winning novelist