Writer, Educator, and Storyteller
Excited that Prom Queens: Celebrating Prom Poems & Stories by Queens Writers is part of the NYC Poetry Festival on July 18 & 19 on Governors Island!
Grab your copy at the Poets of Queens book table and join us at New Women New Yorkers GI House on July 19, 1-3, for a free poetry workshop with the anthology editors.
July 19 is also the World Cup final and there is a big watch party on GI, so you can still watch after the workshop. Win, win!!
We’re almost SOLD OUT for the May 8 Prom Queens: Celebrating Prom Poems & Stories by Queens Writers book launch! RSVP here.
Never fear, if we run out of book launch tickets, we have a bunch of other great events coming up, including this Saturday’s Indie Lit Fair, May 2, from 12noon to 6 pm in Washington Square Park South, between Sullivan and Thompson Streets.
Come visit Poets of Queens at Table 12B (with Pink Trees Press). Stop by, say hello to Olena Jennings (12-3) or ME (3-6), and check out Prom Queens and more books from Poets of Queens!
Presented by PEN America and the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP), with support from the New York State Council on the Arts.
Two weeks until the launch of the Prom Queens: Celebrating Prom Poems & Stories by Queens Writers anthology from Poets of Queens Press!
First join us for this free, pre-launch event at the Queens Public Library, Broadway branch this Saturday, 4/25, 2–4 pm, in celebration of National Poetry Month.
Open to writers of all levels. RSVP here.
Cover reveal! Check out the amazing artwork by A King McCarty for the forthcoming Prom Queens: Celebrating Prom Poems & Stories by Queens Writers anthology from Poets of Queens Press.
Launching May 8! Pre-order your copy here.
No, YOU Tell It!, in partnership with Poets of Queens, is proud to announce the forthcoming anthology, Prom Queens: Celebrating Prom Poems & Stories by Queens Writers, coming in the spring of 2026.
Supported, in part, by a Queens Art Fund: New Work Grant, the anthology stems from a series of Prom Queens: Prom Story and Portrait Trading Workshops held around Queens in May and June of 2025.
During these free, generative workshops, participants were invited to share their prom story through a series of written and visual prompts provided by Zach Rothman-Hicks (Gabbing with Gays) and me.
I also read from my memoir After After Prom, which served as the inspiration for the Prom Queens workshops and anthology.
Sharing stories about going or not going to prom allows us to find commonalities within each other’s unique cultures and identities. This anthology aims to help people, including future prom-goers, celebrate each other’s prom stories instead of feeling pressured to live up to what pop culture has taught us prom is supposed to look like.
What better place to give voice to a diverse range of prom stories than The World’s Borough!