Michelle Tea
Michelle Tea (born in 1971 as Michelle Tomasik ) is an American author of prose and narrative poetry . In her work she deals with queer identity and culture, feminism , racism , classes, prostitution and autobiographical issues. She also organizes literary events.
Life
Tea grew up in Chelsea, Massachusetts and now lives in San Francisco . By her own account, she worked as a horoscope writer and sex worker before becoming a writer. She has been married to Dashiell Lippman since 2013.
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Tea's work includes volumes of poetry such as “The Beautiful: Collected Poems” (2003), the novels “Valencia” (2000) and “Rose of No Man's Land” (2006), and autobiographical writings such as “Rent Girl” (2004), “The Chelsea Whistle "(2002), and" The Passionate Mistakes and Intricate Corruption of One Girl in America "(1998). She edited various anthologies dealing with feminist issues, queer culture and class origins. Michelle Tea is the Artistic Director of RADAR Productions , a nonprofit that hosts poetry competitions and other literary events. Together with Sini Anderson she founded the spoken-word tour Sister Spit in 1994 , in which women and lesbians presented texts and performances on American stages . On the American women's website xoJane , she runs a blog with the title “Getting Pregnant With Michelle Tea” (German: “Getting pregnant with Michelle Tea”). In the blog she addresses the problems of queer people who want a child like them.
Awards
- 2001: Lambda Literary Award for Valencia (Category: Lesbian fiction )
- 2008: Writer in Residence, Tulane University
Publications
- The Passionate Mistakes and Intricate Corruption of One Girl in America (1998) ISBN 1-57027-074-0
- Valencia (2000) ISBN 1-58005-035-2
- The Chelsea Whistle (2002) ISBN 1-58005-073-5
- The Beautiful (2003) ISBN 0-916397-89-0
- Rent Girl (2004) ISBN 0-86719-620-3
- Rose of No Man's Land (2006) ISBN 1-59692-160-9
- Transforming Community (2007) ISBN 978-0-9789023-4-6
- Coal to Diamonds: A Memoir (2013) ISBN 978-0-385-52591-6 (with Beth Ditto )
- Mermaid in Chelsea Creek (2013) ISBN 978-1-938073-36-6
- How to Grow Up: A Memoir (2015) ISBN 978-0-14-218119-5
- Girl at the Bottom of the Sea (2015) ISBN 978-1-940450-00-1
- Black Wave (2016) ISBN 978-1-908276-90-2
- Anthologies
- Pills, Thrills, Chills, and Heartache: Adventures in the First Person (ed. With Clint Catalyst) (2004) ISBN 1-55583-753-0
- Without A Net: The Female Experience of Growing Up Working Class (ed.) (2004) ISBN 1-58005-103-0
- Baby, Remember My Name: An Anthology of New Queer Girl's Writing (ed.) (2006) ISBN 0-7867-1792-0
- Sister Spit: Writing, Rants and Reminiscence from the Road (ed.) (2012) ISBN 978-0-87286-566-2
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michelle Tea turns a radical eye on YA in 'Mermaid in Chelsea Creek , Los Angeles Times, May 10, 2013, accessed March 4, 2017
- ^ Announcement about the wedding in the New York Times of November 10, 2013, accessed on March 4, 2017
- ↑ Homepage of RADAR productions , accessed on March 4, 2017
- ^ Homepage of Sister Spit , accessed on March 4, 2017
- ↑ xoJane.com ( Memento of the original from October 31, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 4, 2017
- ↑ Portrait of the author of the Poetry Foundation , accessed on March 4, 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tea, Michelle |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tomasik, Michelle (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1971 |