Max (he/him) is a poet and he knows it (go ahead and groan at the rhyme)! He enjoys getting to know Seattle with his fiancée, creative writing, and reporting how poetry has positively affected people’s lives. And a smattering of gay culture stories too, Queens. “I love writing for the Echo because I get to shine a bright light on people that have been told they are better off staying in the shadows as well as things that have allowed me to vanquish my own.”~Max