She was recently honored to be a recipient of the James W Ray Venture Project award, granted by Artist Trust and The Frye Museum. She has been highlighted in numerous anthologies, documentaries (including Venus Boyz) and international tours. Storme’s work has been supported by Artist Trust, Hugo House, Jack Straw Foundation, City of Seattle, 4Culture, and Hedgebrook. Her solo theatre works include Buddy Rabbit, Noirish Lesbiana: A Night at the Sub Room, and Wild Tales of Renegade Halfbreed Bulldagger. She creates blues-influenced, socially engaged texts and images exploring identity, art activism, and the intersections of race, class, gender, sexuality, memory, and spirit. Storme’s recent poetry/prose collection, Blues Divine, is available tonight in both book and audiobook. Storme Webber is a Two Spirit, Alutiiq/Black/Choctaw, internationally nurtured poet, playwright, educator, and interdisciplinary artist. Moon is the author of She Has a Name (Four Way Books) and holds an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College. She has been selected as a New American Poet by the Poetry Society of America, a Pushcart Prize–winner, and a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award.

Kamilah Aisha Moon’s work has been featured in Harvard Review, jubilat, the Awl, and Poem-A-Day for the Academy of American Poets. Poetry in Writing the Walls Down: A Convergence of LGBTQ Voices and CHORUS: A Literary Mixtape. MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from Goddard College. Librecht Baker is a Dembrebrah West African Drum & Dance Ensemble member. Curated by Hugo poet-in-residence Anastacia-Renee. Hear work from three powerful, queer women of color, with two readers (Baker and Moon) coming from afar to read.

She Has a Name by Kamilah Aisha Moon