Writing Publications
Essays
“How To Give Yourself a Subcutaneous Testosterone Injection”
Won 2nd place in the Creative Nonfiction Collective & The Humber Literary Review 2024 Creative Nonfiction Contest
Comments from the contest judge, Lisa Bird-Wilson:
“How to Give Yourself a Subcutaneous Testosterone Injection” is an excellent example of the power of structure, as the author hangs the piece on the scaffolding of the “Transgender Health Injection Guide” by Fenway Health. The narrator moves us through the instruction guide, preparing a shot and injecting, all the while engaging us more and more deeply into the ways and means of trauma of the body, when mishandled, and also healing of the body when affirmed. With the difficult themes of suicidal ideation, self-harm, and sexual assault also come themes of affirmation, joy, connection, and identity. The final salvo leaves us with an invocation to heal. Daring, honest, and beautiful."
"Bodymagic: An Anatomy Of My Integumentary System"
Won 2nd place in The Ampersand Review's 2023 Essay Contest
Chosen by Alicia Elliott.
Excerpt from the essay:
"I see Kai on my small, dusty laptop screen. His shirt is unbuttoned, revealing his bare chest and horizontal scars. I am on the couch beside my partner Emily. I feel heat in the triangle of flesh between my thighs and assume I am attracted to Kai. As I watch, I realize I do not want Kai; I want to be like him. My body recalls this warmth: all the “crushes” I had on awkward boys in middle and high school who looked like me—fair-haired and freckled."
Interviews
“How To Give Yourself a Subcutaneous Testosterone Injection”
Won 2nd place in the Creative Nonfiction Collective & The Humber Literary Review 2024 Creative Nonfiction Contest
Comments from the contest judge, Lisa Bird-Wilson:
“How to Give Yourself a Subcutaneous Testosterone Injection” is an excellent example of the power of structure, as the author hangs the piece on the scaffolding of the “Transgender Health Injection Guide” by Fenway Health. The narrator moves us through the instruction guide, preparing a shot and injecting, all the while engaging us more and more deeply into the ways and means of trauma of the body, when mishandled, and also healing of the body when affirmed. With the difficult themes of suicidal ideation, self-harm, and sexual assault also come themes of affirmation, joy, connection, and identity. The final salvo leaves us with an invocation to heal. Daring, honest, and beautiful."
"Bodymagic: An Anatomy Of My Integumentary System"
Won 2nd place in The Ampersand Review's 2023 Essay Contest
Chosen by Alicia Elliott.
Excerpt from the essay:
"I see Kai on my small, dusty laptop screen. His shirt is unbuttoned, revealing his bare chest and horizontal scars. I am on the couch beside my partner Emily. I feel heat in the triangle of flesh between my thighs and assume I am attracted to Kai. As I watch, I realize I do not want Kai; I want to be like him. My body recalls this warmth: all the “crushes” I had on awkward boys in middle and high school who looked like me—fair-haired and freckled."
Interviews
- Q&A with Andrea Actis, Victoria Festival of Authors, September 2021
- Q&A with Troy Sebastian|nupqu ʔak·ǂam̓, Victoria Festival of Authors, September 2021
- Q&A with Dallas Hunt, Victoria Festival of Authors, August 2021
- The Horrible & the Sublime: Mieke deVries in Conversation with Andar Wärje, The Malahat Review, June 2021
