Baltimore’s queer and trans artists are a huge part of the city’s literary brilliance. Join two Baltimore-based publishers for a live reading showcasing queer dynamos, featuring authors, editorial board members, and contributors to fifth wheel press anthologies and Mason Jar Press‘ Jarnal. Featured readers include writer and drag king Zoe Leonard, The Workshop Prince and a Kundiman fellow, who will also serve as the moderator: Alison Lubar, queer, biracial Nikkei poet, educator and author of two full-length poetry books, The Other Tree and Metamourphosis: T. Mae Moll, the Lambda Literary Award winner for Out of Step: A Memoir and the executive poetry editor for Mason Jar Press: Filipino poet and author of Patrilineal and Prey, Aldrin Badiola (he/him) who is also the editor-in-chief of Artists from Maryland: Ashley Elizabeth (she/her), teacher and a Pushcart-nominated author of the full-length collection A Family Thing and four chapbooks, including red line and CHARM(ed). Co-produced by Sarah Daniels, the new publisher and executive director of Mason Jar Press who writes fiction under the pseudonym Persephone King, and nat raum—editor-in-chief of fifth wheel press and author of origin trilogy and this book will not save you—this reading highlights some of Baltimore’s best queer and trans writers who will read work spanning a variety of topics such as LGBTQ+ issues, family and legacy, and identity.
fifth wheel press is an independent community-focused publisher of art and writing by queer, trans, and gender variant creators. Mason Jar Press is an independent publisher of fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and literary art that mixes it up. They amplify fresh voices and promote bold work that pushes the boundaries of literary norms, and they believe literature should not only sustain readers but also inspire their curiosity to examine the status quo.
