photo by: usama alshaibi

news

recent publications:​

• my manifesto i will not break my bodymind for my art is published in Wordgathering.
• my poem everything is all at once was published in Rituals of Belonging: Trans/Space is Expanding. view the digital anthology here.
• an excerpt of like a dog was reprinted in the second volume of east window’s journal of written and visual arts. you can purchase a copy here.
• my first book, like a dog, is now available from punctum books!

upcoming events and publications:

• books that refuse to behave: readings in autotheory | Leora Fridman, Sarah Rosenthal, Valerie Witte, AW Strouse | AWP 2026 | March 5, 2026 at 12:10pm | Baltimore, MD
• AWP Off-Site Reading | Jeff T. Johnson, Lynne Sachs, Sarah Rosenthal, Valerie Witte, KJ Cerankowski, Lauren Samblanet, and A.W. Strouse | March 5, 2026 at 6p | Enoch Pratt Free Library, 1251 Light Street, Baltimore, MD
• Bloody Handsome Reading Series | with Maple Scoresby, Vee Weir, Eli Michael Clyde, Blake Josephine Stone, Jodie Kirschner and Violet Mitchell | Butterscotch Studios, Longmont, CO | March 28, 2026, 7pm
• Worlds of Ending: a reading & author talk | 2026 LGBTQ+ Institute Conference | April 1, 2026 | University of Arizona (presenting virtually) | attend virtually | attend in-person
• my manifesto i will not break my bodymind for my art is forthcoming in wordgathering.
• i have two poems forthcoming in nerve to write.

news:

• i was named a finalist for ALOCASIA’s microgrant for queer nature writers.
• you can now watch the recording of the punctum books reading fundraiser: Crips for Esims for Gaza which includes readings from Ammiel Alcalay, Marta Cariello, Iain Chambers, Alexandra Juhasz, Lauren Samblanet, Léopold Lambert, & Jay Schaffner.

upcoming workshops/teaching events: