𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝑹𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒔

My words projected onto Rockefeller Center for Jenny Holzer installation SPEECH ITSELF, honoring PEN’s centennial. Seeing it in person meant everything to me!

My workshop featured on Korean MBC News. They even interview one of my students!

When Board President @stevenreigns was in Paris, he scoured shops and flea markets for postcards from #Louveciennes, Nin’s home from 1930 - 1936. The train station one was such an exciting find, knowing she was there often, going to and fro to see #HenryMiller and be back in the city.

The end of April means the end of my billboard at @westhollywoodgateway I chose two lines from the first poem in my book. It’s about when Michael was young, working as a bottle boy at Studio 54.

Join us for a night of poetry, wine tasting, and fundraising for Beyond Baroque this spring season 🌸 Join us in the Poets’ Garden at Beyond Baroque for an evening of wine paired with poems. We’ll sample Paso Robles and L.A. wines from guest winemakers Xochitl Wines, Paco Wines, and Eastside Luv. Each wine will be paired with our featured guest poets! 🍷 This spring fundraiser will be hosted amongst the flowers in our blossoming Poets’ Garden. Small bites will be available through the evening. Hosted by Beyond Baroque’s Board President, Luivette Resto, the evening features Muriel Leung, Steven Reigns, Cody Sisco Eduardo Martinez-Leyva, and Mandy Kahn. All proceeds will benefit Beyond Baroque’s programming and mission. Join us for our fundraiser of the spring season! We’re accepting sponsorships for our fundraiser! You can make a contribution at one of the following levels: $250 Emerging Sponsor, $500 Debut Sponsor, $1,000 Curator Sponsor, and $2,500 Icon Sponsor. Please follow the link to the sponsorship you’d like to contribute to, or reach out to us directly if you would like to provide a sponsorship. We hope to see you there!

Carolinas’s queer publication published a great interview with me about Outliving Michael!!

Reading at LA Times Festival Of Books and hanging out with phenomenal writers and friends.

Queer culture is under attack every day and for almost 20 years I have been doing my little part to preserve, for prosperity, our queer heroes so their contributions will never be forgotten with an adventurous labor of love art project. The Gay Rub is a collection of rubbings of markers all over the world hat honor queer people and places in history. I can’t believe a project I created to educate about queer historic lives and locations is covered by media giant Forbes!!!  I’m grateful so many others will know about the project, LGBT people and places, and be inspired. Check it out!  Gorgeous photo by Magnus Hasting

Fran: you have me on vinyl? Me: yes, you’re not going to believe what else I have? (pulling out the 1981 issue of Interview Magazine with her on the cover.) Fran: you’re way too young to be the original owner of this. The night before my big reading at Stonewall Archives I saw my favorite commentator in West Palm Beach. Some people are Swifties, Phishheads, or Little Monsters…. I guess I follow Fran Lebowitz around.

This was the first reading I gave where people in the audience knew Michael. Such a great event at @booksonthirdnaples Thank you to all those that came. An unexpected bonus for me was when people in the audience started sharing Michael stories and these two beautiful gifts given to me by Dorothy and Beverly. (slide 3)

The most delicious lemon celebration treat from a VERY unexpected source! @stevenreigns invited me and the lovely @laylabird93 over to his place to pay tribute to Sylvia Plath in an unusual way… through dessert! After having a weed drink, this made total sense and we made the most delicious lemon dessert I’ve ever had with fresh lemons from his tree in the backyard! #sylviaplath #dessert #lemondessert #literary #lgbtq

In Naples this evening! Looking forward to seeing you at @booksonthirdnaples at 5:30.