Behind Shut Eyes: QTBIPOC Dream Anthology

BEHIND SHUT EYES QTBIPOC DREAM ANTHOLOGY IS A QUEER & TRANS BLACK, INDIGENOUS, COMMUNITY OF COLOR DREAM ANTHOLOGY MADE UP OF POEMS, SHORT STORIES, REFLECTION PIECES, & JOURNAL ENTRIES.

THIS ANTHOLOGY CONSISTS OF 32 WRITERS/POETS AND 1 COMMUNAL POEM ENTITLED “A CLOSING PRAYER”. 33 WRITTEN WORKS TOTAL

EDITOR’S NOTE FROM COYOTE PARK: I AM HONORED TO HOLD THESE COLLECTIVE EXPERIENCES THAT HAVE CULTURAL & PERSONAL SIGNIFICANCE. WE AS TRANS, NONBINARY, 2SPIRIT, AND QUEER BLACK, BROWN, INDIGENOUS, PEOPLE OF COLOR HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A BRIDGE BETWEEN WORLDS. TO THOSE OF US THAT HAVE HAD OUR WORLDS DENIED OF US, TREATED AS INSIGNIFICANT, OR MISCONSTRUED: YOUR DREAM OF FUTURE, PAST, AND PRESENT IS ALIVE AND BEAUTIFUL.I LOVE YOU. NOOLUEMEK’ 사랑해요 I WILL ECHO THAT LOVE IN EVERY LANGUAGE MY ANCESTORS ONCE SPOKE, & HOPE IT TRANSLATES INTO EVERY LANGUAGE OF YOURS. 

Special thanks to our community that keeps dreaming and the place where we dream together. Copy edited with the help of Mar Okalani Aiu

Anthology includes work by Coyote Park, Kay Thomas, Jasmine Reiko, Devin DeSata-Howard, Mithscua Berry, Hercules GK, Ryookyung Kim, Ali B., Mallika Singh, Jam Bridgett, Grey Rain, Jaz Whitford, Marisa Fulper Estrada, Xenon, Blanca Enriquez Acuña, Candex Seokyi Louie, Catie Chan, Victor Jaiprakash, Tyra Payer, Siham Karimi, Xochitl Duran, Xya Rachel, Kevin Alarcon, Iida Valmé, Jess T Fan//JUNiPER, Dez Jones, Cree Renee, Frank/ie Consent, Brinda Iyer, Gabrielle Guo, Sentient Pansy, S.O. Nault, Cortez

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111 pages
2ND Edition of 400
Queens, NY 2021