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Multidisciplinary portfolio coming soon! Please check back in late October 2018.

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I had trouble finding words for this #nationalcomingoutday but I’ve been extra grateful for everyone’s posts and stories this year. I’ve been out about my queerness for almost a decade now but I’ve been thinking a lot about this little tender genderful person lately (circa 1988), who carried their ducks in a basket and kept a hammer tucked into their dress just in case, who didn’t grow hair for a while, who preferred bright patterns and who was always deep in thought. I’m grateful for our little selves that show us the way even after all this time. And to my queer and trans family—y’all are my heart. [ID: image of two side by side photos, both of D. around 2 years old, with short blond hair. In one they are holding a wicker basket full of white cloth ducks. In the other, they stand in a doorway looking off camera.] #queer #genderqueer #trans #nonbinary #transandtired #theythempronouns #basketfullofducks

Thank you so much to @20percenttheatretc first and foremost for being here and getting queer & trans performance work out to our communities—and thank you also for including me in the 2019 Q-STAGE cohort alongside genius artists @seabergtaylor @doitlikedua and @solsticebabie + extraordinary co-producers @marcelamichellemobama and @chelenea81 —I’m so grateful to get to share space and time and energy with you all in this process // Image is a video still of me trying to listen to the desires and limits of a body that’s been afraid to move, from footage taken at the Mallard Island residency back in August // Stay tuned here or on my website (link in bio) for updates on this new multidisciplinary performance work about disabled queer + trans embodiment and being quiet, premiering in May 2019 at The Phoenix Theater // #multidisciplinarypoet #disabledartist #twentypercenttheatre #qstage #queerandtransartists #performingpoetswhoareafraidofperformance #newwork

Just finished an energizing creative consultation with @dizzyingtide over Skype - we talked out the process of finding and applying for their first artist residency! Here they are with their notes from our conversation and big smiles all around. // I love working with artists across disciplines and at all stages with their creative practice. Visit the Creative Consulting Services link in my bio for more details. I’d love to hear from you! [ID: Screenshot of two people talking over Skype. Yasmiene is smiling and holding a page of handwritten notes; in a smaller frame in the corner of the screen, D. is also smiling.] #thebodyconnected #creativeconsultant #artistresidency #artistssupportingartists

That feeling when you get to watch your poetry bestie shine through brilliant question-asking and compassionate presence onstage with Maggie Nelson and Frank Bidart 😍 @roygbiv5403 is a light who constantly astonishes me with their magic //#royguzman #estherfreierlecture #theabyss #queerpoets #poetmagic #chosenfamily

Part 2 of big writing news: I’m now offering creative consulting services! Visit the Creative Consulting Services link in my bio for info and pricing. Thanks to everyone who’s encouraged me to do this and supported me along the way. // I’ve been dreaming up this work for the past year and I’m thrilled to make it official. Supporting fellow writers and artists in the form of generative conversations, active resource sharing, and compassionate project feedback is what I live for. After several years of classroom teaching I’ve realized that one-on-one work is where I feel most useful. I would love to work with you in any capacity—please feel free to read through my services at the link in my bio, share with your people, and reach out if you have questions or thoughts! I can’t wait to connect. // [ID: Overhead photo of a white desk with various books, writing tools, and art supplies spread out on it.] #creativeconsultant #creativeconsultingservices #thebodyconnected #multidisciplinarypoet #writerandartist #queerpoet #nonbinaryartist #disabledpoet

Big writing news: my book comes out from @the_operating_system in February! It would be the best birth-month gift for this Scorpio if you’d preorder a copy via the link in my bio, or mention it to your local bookstore, or share the link with your people. It’s a massive joy to have my work published alongside a heart’s worth of vital texts and projects in The OS’s 2019 cohort, so I hope you’ll spend some time perusing the catalog while you’re there. // The cover design is still in the works, so it feels fitting to share this image of me holding the final draft of A Bony Framework for the Tangible Universe, which was lovingly printed last December by Nate at @thelighthousetwerks and which I promptly wrapped in white paper and galaxy duct tape so I wouldn’t edit it any more. Happily, it turns out that I always have the cosmos on the brain, because my latest knitting project matches the galaxy tape perfectly. // In related news, I have a shiny new website and a newsletter you can sign up for in the link above for semi-regular info on book release events and upcoming projects. // Thank you for reading and supporting this work, and for the ways your vision and voice make mine possible. #firstbook #bookrelease #abonyframework #queerpoet #disabilitypoetics #multidisciplinarypoetics #theoperatingsystem #supportsmallpresses #supportcreativeecosystems

Poetry of Resistance & Change—a chapbook anthology created by the brilliant Monica Edwards Larsen / #sisterblackpress complete with letterpress printed cover—is a beautiful object that holds vital poems by Twin Cities word magicians. Work by @junauda @babytoupees4cheap @mkdordiggsy @hawonawrites @chavonnwilliams #mariongomez #benweaver and myself. I have a copy with your name on it, just message me to claim: $12 for local pickup, $14 if you’d like it shipped. I’ve been living by these poems since last fall’s reading at @thesoapfactory and would love to get this book in your hands. [Video description: 30 second video with no sound, of D. flipping through a 40-page perfect-bound chapbook with large, overlapping black letters printed all over the white cover. The title Poetry of Resistance & Change is printed in small silver text on the front, and there are poems printed inside. Message me about an accessible pdf copy if you need one] #poetryofresistanceandchange #twincitiespoets #supportlocalartists #letterpress #chapbook #anthology #smallpress

Chilly weather means solo date night on the couch with a big cozy knitting project and the new @mountainmanband album // thanks for keeping me warm, friends 🔥 [Image description: From above, D.’s left hand is holding knitting needles with a pink-red, light blue, and blue-purple knitting project in progress piled on their lap over a blanket. Beside the knitting is D.’s upside-down ballcap, which holds three small balls of scrap yarn and a pair of scissors.] #knittersofinstagram #fridaynightsolodate #fallequinoxeve #queerswhoknit #mountainmanband #slow

Year two of pure joy with baby goats: thank you @tinydiner farmers’ market and @goatshine for making all of my dreams come true // first two pics from today by @radwayfaring + last two from last September by @brockettrocket [Image descriptions: Four images of me holding two different month-old baby goats, each about the size of a house cat, with various looks of overwhelming happiness on my face.] #goatsarethebest #babygoats #inlovewithtinyfarmanimals #queerjoy

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