Event Description
Bay Area Trans Writer’s Workshop has been meeting monthly for a few years, now, for gender-variant Writers to get together and work from prompts and critique each other's work in a supportive environment. We have an ever-changing cast of participants and often invite well-known Writers to come in and guest-facilitate our sessions. We are currently supported by a grant from The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.
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Curator: Natasha Dennerstein
Natasha Dennerstein was born in Melbourne, Australia, to a family originating in Belarus. She worked as a psychiatric nurse for many years, which gave her an interesting perspective on the human condition. She has an MFA from San Francisco State University. Natasha has had poetry published in many journals including Landfall, Snorkel, Shenandoah, Bloom, Transfer, Red Light Lit, Spoon River Poetry Review and Foglifter. Her collections Anatomize (2015) and Triptych Caliform (2016) were published by Norfolk Press in San Francisco, who will also be publishing her novella-in-verse About a Girl this Fall. Her recent chapbook Seahorse (2017) was published by Nomadic Press in Oakland.
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Event Readers
Reece Muldrow
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Avren Keating |
New to the bay area literary scene, Reece Muldrow is currently working on getting his first book. A series of short stories focusing on science fiction, comedy and transgender related issues.
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Avren Keating's a poet and artist. They've published in Queen Mob's Teahouse, Omniverse, and THEM: A Trans* Lit Journal. Avren also hosts Waves Breaking, a podcast for trans and gender-variant poetry.
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Mason Jairo Olaya-Smith |
Jasper Jay |
Mason J. is a Multidisciplinary Artist, Community Organizer, and recovering A-hole. Inspired by life as an Afro-Indigenous SF Local, 2nd Gen American, & Queer/Trans Person of Color their work blends an unlikely pairing of tenderness and nihilistic flippancy
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Jasper Jay has been writing poetically since he was a little past knee high in Appalachia. As a Queer, Disabled, Trans, long-time Bay-Area transplant, he relishes work that lets him engage in intersectional social change. Connecting with BATWW has encouraged him to dive back into his love for twisting words. http://jasperjay.weebly.com/
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Mya Byrne |
Mya Byrne is an award-winning songwriter, poet, and proud trans dyke. She’s been featured on national TV and radio, NPR, Spotify, music festivals, and has opened for many of her heroes, including Rae Spoon and Levon Helm. In addition to her solo career, she plays bass, guitar, and mandolin for others onstage and studio, including SF’s Homobiles. Her writing has been published by EOAGH, the James Franco Review, and The Advocate, among others. www.myabyrne.com
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