theatre director
Below are some pretty cool books/thinkers/makers/resources/inspirations/beautiful things about art and life that I am very grateful for. For the most part, my influence is found in queer thinking, art and music - whilst I don't think gender and sexuality defines a person, I feel very grateful to the queer ancestors who spoke up and out when so many couldn't, and queer contemporaries who continue to speak up when so many still can't. I hope that my work might be a continuation of this voice, but for now (and to buy me some more time...) I hope this list might inspire/excite/delight you too?
Words
Gentrification of the Mind - Sarah Schulman
Argonauts - Maggie Nelson
Time is a Mother - Ocean Vuong
The Vermont Collection - Annie Baker
Rabbit - Sophie Robinson
Really Techno - Julia Bell
Four Men - William T. Vollman
How to be an Artist - Jerry Saltz
Dykes to Watch Out For - Alison Bechdel
Stonebutch Blues - Leslie Feinberg (self published)
Before We Were Trans - Kit Heyman
For Lovers and Fighters - Dean Spade
Sister Outsider - Audre Lorde
Peanut Butter - Eileen Myles
Bodies - Susie Orbach
Lunch Poems - Frank O'Hara
Hold Your Own - Kae Tempest
Film
Residu - Merawi Gerima
Perfect Days - Wim Wender
May December - Todd Haynes
Fallen Leaves - Aki Kaurismäki
10 years with Hayao Miyazaki - Kaka Arakawa
Close - Lukas Dhont
Conversations
John o'donohue in conversation with Kirsta Tippet - On Being
Mary Oliver in conversation - On Being
Conversation with Jerry Saltz - Longform
Padraig O'Tuama - On Being
Initiatives & Organisations
Theatrical Intimacy Education
Dean Space (trans activist, lawyer)
Sarah Schulman, Act Up (queer activist, educator)
Leslie Feinberg (fighter, lover)
Kit Heyman (political historian)