Curriculum Vitae
Education
- M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, Critical Studies, 2008
- B.A., Reed College, Portland, OR, English, 1998
Academic Appointments
- Teaching Assistant, CalArts, 2007-2008
- ESL Tutor, CalArts, 2006-2007
Curatorial Experience
- Curator, Featherless Reading Series, Wordspace / Stories Books & Cafe, Los Angeles, CA, 2010-2012
Publications
- So-Cal Telephone Book (forthcoming)
- Tomorrow’s Literature Today, Unified Narrative Freedom Organization (forthcoming)
- G(u)ilt chapbook, 2011
- “SUNSET : UNFO”, SUNSET.UNFO! INSTANT PUBLICATION!, Unified Narrative Freedom Organization, 2011
- Lorazepam and the Valley of Skin / 730910-2155, valeveil press, 2009
- Jet Set Desolate, Future Fiction London, 2009
- “2006 May 6 : Night : Los Angeles” “I, II, III”, You’ve Probably Read This Before, 2009
- “Excerpt from Jet Set Desolate”, 3AM Magazine, 2009
- “2006: May 6: Night : Los Angeles” Chronometry, 2008
- “I, II, III” Sprawl Journal, 2008
- “Revita-Lift Night Cream,” Artizen, 2007
- “What She Was Told,” Lime Tea, 2005
- “My Supplication,” Lime Tea, 2005
- “Mimosa Leers,” Lime Tea, 2004
- “The Warhooker Manifesto,” Warhookers, 2004
- “It’s About Subtlety,” Warhookers, 2004
- “Spin-the-Bottle,” Warhookers, 2004
- “Cab Driver,” Warhookers, 2004
- “Popscene: Let-Down à go-go,” Posthoc, 2000
- Review of Tom Waits, Mule Variations, Plazm, no 23, 1999
- Review of The One Handed Pianist and Other Stories, Anodyne, Vol. 3, no 1, 1998
- “Jake Faithful’s Spanking for Salvation Ministry,” Reed College Small Press Collective, 1995
- “Slap Yourself,” The Bantu Chronicles, 1995
Readings
- OAW: One Alternate Workday Salon, Katrin Jurati’s home, Los Angeles, CA, 2012
- A Valentines Day “Sad Hour”, The Echo, Los Angeles, CA, 2012
- Rhapsodomancy: A Reading Series is Los Angeles, The Good Luck Bar, Los Angeles, CA, 2012
- World AIDS Day Art Walk, Renberg Theatre, The Village at Ed Gould Plaza (LA Gay and Lesbian Center), West Hollywood, CA, 2011
- homo-centric at the West Hollywood Book Fair, Booth B35, West Hollywood, CA, 2011
- “The street outside of G(u)ilt” Road Concert on Sunset Blvd, The Gold Room, Los Angeles, CA, 2011
- LA Road Concerts at the 2nd New Los Angeles Folk Festival, Zorthian Ranch, Altadena, CA, 2011
- Literary Lingerie Lounge, Kate Durbin’s home, Pasadena, CA, 2011
- homo-centric: ju-ly down in the sand, Stories Books & Cafe, Los Angeles, CA, 2011
- Featherless #5, Wordspace, Los Angeles, CA, 2010
- Wordlab: Reading and Potluck, Wordspace, Los Angeles, CA, 2010
- Lorazepam and the Valley of Skin / 730910-2155 book launch, REDCAT lounge, Los Angeles, CA, 2009
- You’ve Probably Read This Before book launch, REDCAT Lounge, Los Angeles, CA, 2009
- A Day in LA: Washington Boulevard Art Concert, Los Angeles, CA, 2009
- Next Words: CalArts MFA Writing Showcase, REDCAT Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, 2008
- Next Words: CalArts MFA Writing Showcase, High Energy Constructs, Los Angeles, CA, 2008
- MFA Thesis Reading, CalArts, Valencia, CA, 2008
- Feminist Writers Reading, Feminaissance Conference: Exquisite Acts and Everyday Rebellions, CalArts, Valencia, CA, 2007
- Sprawl Reading Series, CalArts, Valencia, CA, 2006-2008
- Fuck this Noise!!! Zine Release, Reading Frenzy, Portland, OR, 1999
- Kevin Sampsell’s Reading Series, Umbra Penumbra, Portland, OR, 1997
- Portland Girl Convention, Portland, OR, 1996
- Cathode Ray Project, Thee O-Hell, Portland, OR, 1996
- Kasper Locher Summer Creative Scholarship Reading, Reed College, Portland, OR, 1995
- Ocho y Media Open House, Gravity Warehouse, San Diego, CA, 1995
Exhibition Record (*solo shows marked by asterisk)
- Queer Arts Collective Fall Show, CalArts, Valencia, CA, 2007
- Dia de los Muertos, CalArts, Valencia, CA, 2006
- Erotic Art, CityArt, San Francisco, CA, 2001
- How We Breathe, Breathing Spaces, Oakland, CA, 2000
- A Movable Feast Jello Installation, Reed College Student Union, Portland, OR, 1999
- *Papacchino’s Café, Portland, OR, 1999
- Circuses and Light, La Luna, Portland, OR, 1999
- Kitchy Maximalism, 17 Nautical Miles, Portland, OR, 1999
- *Spurkraft Warehouse, Portland OR, 1998
- *The Woodstock Café, Portland, OR, 1998
- Reed Arts Weekend, Reed College, Portland, OR, 1998
- *The Paradox Café, Reed College, Portland, OR, 1997
- *The Hangover Café, Portland, OR, 1996
- *Thee O’Hell, Portland, OR, 1996
- *The Paradox Café, Reed College, Portland, OR, 1996
- Ocho y Medea Open House, Gravity Warehouse, San Diego, CA, 1995
- *The Paradox Café, Reed College, Portland, OR, 1995
Grants/Honors
- Kasper Locher Summer Creative Scholarship, Reed College, Portland, OR, 1995
- Reed Arts Weekend Grant, Reed College, Portland, OR, 1995
Conferences
- American Association of Writers and Writing Programs, New York, NY, 2008
- Feminaissance Conference: Exquisite Acts and Everyday Rebellions, CalArts, Valencia, CA, 2007

