I also recently published a piece with the The Library of Congress about Ola Belle Reed and the meaningfulness of her 1973 self-titled album being added to the National Recording Registry

https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/documents/Ola-Belle-Reed_Alexander.pdf

MY FRIENDS IN NEW YORK

Manners Manners is coming for you THIS THURSDAY to perform at MAMA TRIED in BROOKLYN

(and the other bands look great too)

You should go, you need some big loud queer sounds in your ears

https://mamatriedbk.com/upcoming-events/sphinxy-showcase-m9mtp

Are you a Baltimore artist, organizer or cultural worker interested in reinterpreting archival materials?

DO YOU WANT SOME MONEY TO DO IT?

Check out this $25k fellowship and apply by 22 October

More information at bit.ly/tabbfellowship

Next Week: I'm a featured reader at Wilde Readings at Queen Takes Book in Columbia
Join me & poet Maritza Rivera in a literary oasis, hosted by Linda Joy Burke!

https://hocopolitso.org/programs/wilde-readings/

7pm Tuesday 8 October
Queen Takes Book
6955 Oakland Mills Rd. Suite E
Columbia MD

Next Weds! I'm talking with Clement Goldberg at Atomic Books about their new novel, NEW MISTAKES

Out now from Michelle Tea's new imprint, Dopamine Books

Come out! 7pm, Weds 25 Sept at Atomic Books

Yeah, city folk drivin' in a black limousine
A lotta sad people thinkin' that's mighty keen
Hon, let me tell you now exactly what I mean
Friday night I'm a Lexie Mountain Boy

@mountainlex

Excited to say that I'm sharing the pages with a lot of great AUDACIOUS WOMEN, a new anthology from Hot Redhead Media

"Alt Text for 10 Non-Existent Photos" — my retort to "pix or it didn't happen" — is now available where books are sold!

https://bookshop.org/p/books/audacious-women-an-anthology-reine-dugas/21190819

It's 4/20, and I have just $420 to reach my goal for this year's Baltimore Abortion Fund - BAF goal!

Let's do this!!

https://fund.nnaf.org/fundraiser/5368836