Periodically Speaking: Periodically Speaking "Trans Actions: Changing the Literary Landscape"

This edition of Periodically Speaking, being held in the Margaret Liebman Berger Forum,  will feature editors Trace Peterson, Christopher Soto and Kit Yan addressing such questions as: What does it mean to be a trans editor working in publishing? Why aren’t there more trans advocates in publishing? How can an editor protect  writers against institutional biases? And what is the best practice for changing the publishing landscape from within?  

CHRISTOPHER SOTO (aka Loma) i​s the founding editor of Nepantla: A Journal Dedicated to Queer Poets of Color, published with the Lambda Literary Foundation. Poets & Writers honored Christopher Soto with the 2016 “Barnes & Nobles Writer for Writers Award.” Soto holds an MFA in poetry from NYU and is the author of Sad Girl Poems (Sibling Rivalry Press).

TRACE PETERSON ​is editor/publisher of EOAGH, co­editor of Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics (Nightboat Books, 2013) and author of Since I Moved In (Chax Press, 2007). She is currently a PhD candidate at the CUNY Graduate Center. 

KIT YAN i​s an award­winning queer, transgender, and Asian American Brooklyn based slam poet from Hawaii. Kit’s solo slam poetry show Queer Heartache recently won the Spirit of Fringe, Artists’ Pick, and Audience Choice awards at the Chicago Fringe Festival. Kit has been featured on television programs including HBO’s Asian Aloud, PBS’s Asian America and MYX TV.   

Registration is required, rsvp here.

A reception will follow the program. 

With special thanks to the New York Public Library's LGBT Initiative.

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