Help launch Queer & Trans Artists of Color, Vol 3!
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My name is Nia King and I'm a queer mixed-race (Black/Lebanese/Hungarian) artist and activist. I lived in Oakland, CA from 2008 until I was displaced earlier this year. While living in Oakland, I started a podcast called We Want the Airwaves on which I interview political queer and trans artists of color about their lives and their work with a focus on the question "it is possible to make art and make rent without compromising your values?"
In 2014, I self-published a collection of 16 interviews from the podcast called Queer & Trans Artists of Color: Stories of Some of Our Lives with my co-editors Terra Mikalson and Jessica Glennon-Zukoff. In 2016, I self-published another collection of 16 interviews from the podcast, Queer & Trans Artists of Color, Volume 2, with co-editor Elena Rose. My current co-editor, Maliha Ahmed (left), and I are almost finished working on Queer & Trans Artists of Color, Volume 3, and I'm asking you to help us launch the book in Oakland!
The book launch will be a talk-show style event where I'll interview queer and trans artists of color live before an audience at East Bay Booksellers on Saturday, October 19th from 7-8:30 PM. It's going to be free and open to the public. Here's what we need to make it happen:
$400 to pay the artists who will be interviewed and/or performing
$300 for American Sign Language interpretation
$200 to provide free food for all the guests
$100 for GoFundMe fees
Artists featured in the book include:
Star Amerasu (musician and performance artist)
Gabby Rivera (novelist and comics writer)
Kamal Al-Solaylee (journalist)
Osa Atoe (musician/zinester/potter)
Kai Cheng Thom (performance poet and author)
Joamette Gil (comics artist, editor, and publisher)
Mey Rude (essayist and journalist)
Qwo-Li Driskill (poet and author)
jia qing wilson-yang (novelist and musician)
Paradise Khanmalek (illustrator and poet)
Venus Selenite (performance poet and author)
Sam Levin (journalist)
Sarah Burke (journalist and editor)
Arielle Twist (poet and author)
Anthony J. Williams (essayist) and more!
Here's the audio from our last talk-show style book launch. Thank for your support!
In 2014, I self-published a collection of 16 interviews from the podcast called Queer & Trans Artists of Color: Stories of Some of Our Lives with my co-editors Terra Mikalson and Jessica Glennon-Zukoff. In 2016, I self-published another collection of 16 interviews from the podcast, Queer & Trans Artists of Color, Volume 2, with co-editor Elena Rose. My current co-editor, Maliha Ahmed (left), and I are almost finished working on Queer & Trans Artists of Color, Volume 3, and I'm asking you to help us launch the book in Oakland!
The book launch will be a talk-show style event where I'll interview queer and trans artists of color live before an audience at East Bay Booksellers on Saturday, October 19th from 7-8:30 PM. It's going to be free and open to the public. Here's what we need to make it happen:
$400 to pay the artists who will be interviewed and/or performing
$300 for American Sign Language interpretation
$200 to provide free food for all the guests
$100 for GoFundMe fees
Artists featured in the book include:
Star Amerasu (musician and performance artist)
Gabby Rivera (novelist and comics writer)
Kamal Al-Solaylee (journalist)
Osa Atoe (musician/zinester/potter)
Kai Cheng Thom (performance poet and author)
Joamette Gil (comics artist, editor, and publisher)
Mey Rude (essayist and journalist)
Qwo-Li Driskill (poet and author)
jia qing wilson-yang (novelist and musician)
Paradise Khanmalek (illustrator and poet)
Venus Selenite (performance poet and author)
Sam Levin (journalist)
Sarah Burke (journalist and editor)
Arielle Twist (poet and author)
Anthony J. Williams (essayist) and more!
Here's the audio from our last talk-show style book launch. Thank for your support!
Fundraising team (2)
Nia King
Organizer
Oakland, CA
Maliha Ahmed
Team member