April's Approaching and oh, my, Tickets! (AND LOTS MORE)
Buy *lots* of tickets to my new play, This Body, This Fruit! Coming in July! Also, April, OMG
I may have mentioned previously this endeavor I have embarked upon, this performance, this play:
I’m thrilled to be premiering this, my first full production of This Body, This Fruit (the play), at Phoenix Theater, in Uptown Minneapolis, on July 8th.
Tickets are now on sale! Buy some for yourself, your friends, your friends’ friends, your parents, your cousins (blood or chosen), that person you met last week who might still be around in July, who knows? (Hang onto the ticket in case they bail.)
Also, I have another sort-of newsletter, This Body, This Fruit (the play), which will be 100% play-related content, including… BTS stuff? Cast and crew trivia? Silly contests? Only one way to find out!
You absolutely don’t have to subscribe to it in order to get my writing news! Call it bonus content 💖. There’s also an archive (currently almost empty but will expand over time).
Transgender Day of Visibility Showcase
I’m performing in a Transgender Day of Visibility Showcase hosted by the Hennepin County Trans & Gender Nonconforming ERG & Minneapolis Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) ERG. Tuesday, March 31st, 4-6pm, at 625 4th Avenue South, downtown Minneapolis. It’s going to be ❤️🔥
Better Things 5x5 Reading (April 2026)
I’m hosting the next Better Things 5x5 Reading, first Tuesday in April (April 7th), 7pm at Moon Palace Books. Masks are required and available if you need them. There Will Be Snacks.
BuckSlam Poetry Slam
Best combo of poetry and sports you can find…until April 30th, anyway 😉.
Queer Voices Mid-Career Writers
I’m thrilled to be reading with this fabulous selection of queer writers from Queer Voices, April 11 at 2pm, Moon Palace Books. Stephani Maari Booker, Brianna Flavin, k Abram, and me — love to see you there!
Visual Poetry Workshop
I’m leading a Visual Poetry workshop at the Liberal Arts Engagement Hub at the University of Minnesota. The workshop runs from 6-8pm on Tuesday, April 21st, and is free and open to anyone age 18+. Register online; there’s still plenty of room.
Poetry + Nature Creative Writing Workshop at Powderhorn Park (followed by Sound Garden & Reading)
I’m one of the teaching artists, along with the brilliant Chavonn Williams Shen and OG activist poet and Palabrista Teresa Ortiz, for this Poetry + Nature Creative Writing Workshop on Saturday, April 25th, in Powderhorn Park.
Register at https://tinyurl.com/PoetryInNature-at-Powderhorn
You can also check out the Facebook event, if that’s something you like to do.
Midwest Poetry Mash-Up 2026
Get your tickets to Midwest Poetry Mash-Up today! April 30th-May 2nd, and if you’re a poet, your full-slam pass also gets you into four (4!) writing workshops. And you can get Early Bird pricing right now, to boot. Coincidentally, the Mash-Up is also at the Phoenix Theater 😁.
Midwest Poetry Mash-Up Schedule
Thursday, April 30th
6pm: Preliminary Bout 1
8pm: Preliminary Bout 2
Friday, May 1st
6pm: Preliminary Bout 3
8pm: Preliminary Bout 4
Saturday, May 2nd
7pm: FINALS
There will also be a new exclusive video release - for paid subscribers - on April 15th. (I’m pretty sure.) It’s scheduled.
See you around?