Tag: lyric memoir
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Ruin & Want interview excerpts, final part
Here’s the final excerpt from my Sundress Publications interview with Izzy Astuto. Thank you to everyone who took the time to read some of these. Had one friend refer to them as part craft talk which means so much. These words, in the book, on slides, here between us, matter so much. Thanks to those…
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Ruin & Want interview excerpts, pt. 7
Continuing sharing excerpts from my Sundress Publications interview with Izzy Astuto. Here, a question about identity has me opening up about the transformative nature of writing this book. That the literal acceptance of the manuscript sparked in me the possibility of accepting myself. Also some friendly shout-outs and thoughts on community. Do consider pre-ordering Ruin…
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Ruin & Want interview excerpt, pt. 5
Continuing sharing excerpts from my Sundress Publications interview with Izzy Astuto. Oof. This question had me reflecting on some of the hard truths of writing this project. When I talk about working on myself, it is this interrogation of self and the dismantling of the white supremacist, capitalist, patriarchal systems that are ingrained in our…
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Ruin & Want interview excerpt, pt. 4
Continuing sharing excerpts from my Sundress Publications interview with Izzy Astuto. Here, he asks about the section of the memoir entitled “Devil or Nothing: An Abandoned Manuscript.” Essentially, I read a cool quote from French philosopher Luc Ferry then hilarity (in the form of philosophical riffing) ensued! Do consider pre-ordering my book if you’re able…
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Ruin & Want interview excerpt, pt. 3
Continuing sharing excerpts from my Sundress Publications interview with Izzy Astuto. Here I react to Izzy’s awesome note about “syncopated format.” I definitely wanted the troubled sense I felt while writing to have a formal role in the project. Getting there was another thing, haha. Do consider pre-ordering if you’re able and interested. Either way,…
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Ruin & Want interview excerpt, pt. 2
Continuing sharing excerpts from my Sundress Publications interview with Izzy Astuto. Here, I go off at length at the process of entangling myself in the project, navigating trauma and self-work, and then having to find my way out via the final draft. Do consider pre-ordering if you’re able and interested. Either way, enjoy my rambling…
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Ruin & Want interview excerpt, pt. 1
In the next few days I’ll be sharing excerpts from an interview I did with Sundress Publications. Izzy Astuto asked me some insightful questions. Hope my answers make sense, haha. I am placing the visual slides I created below as well as the text of the interview excerpt below that. And please pre-order my new…
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Ruin & Want cover reveal!
Happy to share the cover for my lyric memoir, Ruin & Want, forthcoming in November from Sundress Publications! Super-excited to share this cover! Thank you to everyone at Sundress Publications for their work on this! Special thanks to Ani Araguz, my partner and artist behind the artwork on this cover. Here’s the original: This piece…
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