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Jesse Robkin
Jesse Robkin
Weds., November 12 at 12 p.m.
Weds., November 12 at 12 p.m.
Jesse Robkin is a writer, filmmaker, theater artist, and professional Magic: The Gathering player. She is the Head Writer for the YouTube channel Tolarian Community College. When she's not thinking about Magic, Jesse writes stories and essays about being trans in a hostile beautiful world. She has four full-length stage plays and a handful of short ones. Her debut short film Stress Fracture is streaming on Open Television. She lives in Brooklyn with her friends.
Raquel Gutiérrez
Raquel Gutiérrez
Tuesday October 28th at 6 p.m.
Tuesday October 28th at 6 p.m.
Our first writer in our NEW PUBLIC WRITING series will be Raquel Gutiérrez, who will be zooming in from either LA or Tucson. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Raquel Gutiérrez is a critic, essayist, poet, performer, and educator. Her first book Brown Neon (Coffee House Press) was named as one of the best books of 2022 by The New Yorker and listed in The Best Art Books of 2022 by Hyperallergic. Brown Neon was a 2023 Finalist for the Lambda Literary Prize for Best Lesbian Biography/Memoir, a 2023 Finalist for the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses' Firework Award in Creative Nonfiction and Recipient of The Publishing Triangle Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction. They are a 2025 recipient of the United States Artist Fellowship and the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Fellowship in Poetry. Their first poetry collection, “Southwest Reconstruction,” is out late Fall 2025 on Noemi Press. Gutiérrez has lived on unceded lands of the Tohono O’odham and Pascua Yaqui people since 2016.
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