Just say it. Like, a lot. It’s sunny on the south coast and though the wind is here, and it is here to stay, people are wearing shorts and walking around in a kind of spring euphoria. I’ve been actually finding it a little hard to say goodbye to winter—there was something about all that darkness,…

Lots of Oregon readings coming up! Maybe see you there?

Freak of the week.

Perhaps you want to take a writing class? www.seawolfbooks.com/classes

QUEER WRITERS WRITING on Sun, Mar 2, 2025 , 10am - 12pm PT Zoom through the great org WritingxWriters. In this generative workshop, we will read excerpts from contemporary queer writers & use creative prompts developed from their writing as inspiration for generating our own timely, new work.

A couple years ago at a WritingxWriters workshop I had the honor of reading a draft of what is now Erin Steele’s memoir “Sunrise Over Half-built Houses.” As can happen from these writerly spaces, we’ve kept in touch, and part of that was the opportunity to interview her. #queerwriters #electriclit

Dean Spade—lawyer, writer, professor and activist—is offering free online workshops on Mutual Aid. Heather, Anna and I attended the one this past week. This is helping me unlearn and then learn a whole way of thinking—and doing—activism, and it is so important for these times.

Leonard Peltier Released From 49 Years of Wrongful Incarceration ndncollective.org/leonard-pelt...

Apparently, "A Wounded Deer Leaps Highest" was on this gay book list last year. Had no idea. Anyways, if you need some very queer reading, apparently Good Housekeeping has your back! #transwriters #queerwriters

I can't stop thinking about anticipatory obedience, Timothy Snyder's phrase I wrote about in @truthout.org last week. People cutting out trans kids and migrants without even being ordered or asked. Just based on the threat. We need ways to cultivate courage and fast! truthout.org/articles/tru...

Join us for QUEER WRITERS WRITING with Charlie J. Stephens on Sun, Mar 2, 2025 , 10am - 12pm PT Zoom In this generative workshop, we will read excerpts from contemporary queer writers & use creative prompts developed from their writing as inspiration for generating our own timely, new work.

Hi! My partner and I are leading “Queering the Retreat: Yoga and Writing for Queer, Trans and Nonbinary Folks” which will be held at Breitenbush Hot Springs April 17-20, 2025. You can learn more and register at: breitenbush.secure.retreat.guru/program/quee... #queerwriters #transwriters

Happy to share that “A Wounded Deer Leaps Highest” is a finalist for the Oregon Book Awards—Ken Kesey Award for Fiction. Thank you #oregonbookawards and @literaryarts.bsky.social. literary-arts.org/2025/01/anno...

“It’s 2am at Home” is up at charliejstephenswriting.com/2025/01/24/i...