Michelle Tea
| Michelle Tea | |
|---|---|
| Born | Michelle Tomasik 1971 Chelsea, Massachusetts , United States |
| Occupation | Author, poet |
| Genres | Poetry, memoir, fiction |
Michelle Tea (b. Michelle Tomasik in 1971) is an American author, poet, and literary arts organizer whose autobiographical works explore queer culture, feminism, race, class, prostitution, and other topics.[1] She is originally from Chelsea, Massachusetts and currently lives in San Francisco.[2] Her books, mostly memoirs, are known for their views into the queercore community.[1]
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[edit] Spoken word and magazine writing
Tea was the co-founder of the Sister Spit spoken word tour.[1] She has toured with the Sex Workers' Art Show[3] alongside Ducky DooLittle and others. She is also a contributor to The Believer magazine[4] and is the co-writer of the weekly astrology column, Double Team Psychic Dream with astrologer Jessica Lanyadoo, in the San Francisco Bay Guardian newspaper.[3]
[edit] Academics
In February 2008, Michelle was the 23rd Zale Writer-in-Residence at the H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College Institute at Tulane University.[5] She did not go to college and, in interviews, has discussed the assumption that she has studied.[3]
[edit] Books
While touring together in the year 2000, Tea and writer Clint Catalyst came up with the idea to solicit first-person narratives for their 2004 anthology Pills, Thrills, Chills and Heartache. Described by Publishers Weekly as a "celebrat[ion of] the avant-garde,"[6] the book, which includes work by Dennis Cooper and Eileen Myles reached #10 on the Los Angeles Times non-fiction paperback bestseller list in its first week of release.[7] Moreover, the book was a 2004 Lambda Literary Awards finalist in the Anthologies/Fiction category.[8] Indeed, her books have won a nomination in the competition virtually every year since her Valencia won for best Lesbian Fiction in 2000.[9][10][11][12][13][14]
[edit] List of works
- The Passionate Mistakes and Intricate Corruption of One Girl in America (1998) ISBN 1570270740
- Valencia (2000) ISBN 1580050352
- The Chelsea Whistle (2002) ISBN 1580050735
- The Beautiful (2003) ISBN 0916397890
- Rent Girl (2004) ISBN 0867196203
- Rose of No Man's Land (2006) ISBN 1596921609
- Transforming Community (2007) ISBN 0978902343
- Anthologies
- Pills, Thrills, Chills, and Heartache: Adventures in the First Person (ed. with Clint Catalyst) (2004) ISBN 1555837530
- Without A Net: The Female Experience of Growing Up Working Class (ed.) (2004) ISBN 1580051030
- Baby, Remember My Name: An Anthology of New Queer Girl's Writing (ed.) (2006) ISBN 0786717920
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Hellman, David (2004-04-11). "Tea leaves the East for the West to sing the body electric". San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2004/04/11/RVGR15V5J41.DTL. Retrieved 2007-08-09.
- ^ Tea, Michelle (ed.) (2007). Baby Remember My Name: An Anthology of New Queer Girl Writing. New York: Carroll & Graf. p. [page needed]. ISBN 0786717920.
- ^ a b c "Interview with Michelle Tea". After Ellen. May 2004. http://www.afterellen.com/archive/ellen/People/michelletea-interview.html. Retrieved 2010-03-17.
- ^ "Contributors: Michelle Tea". The Believer. http://www.believermag.com/contributors/?read=tea,+michelle. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
- ^ "Zale Writer-in-Residence Program at Newcomb". Tulane.edu. http://www.tulane.edu/~wc/zale/. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ Paperbacks; BESTSELLERS; LOS ANGELES TIMES LIST FOR MARCH 14, 2004, Los Angeles Times, March 14, 2004, http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/578375021.html?dids=578375021:578375021&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+14%2C+2004&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&edition=&startpage=R.11&desc=Paperbacks%3B+BESTSELLERS%3B+LOS+ANGELES+TIMES+LIST+FOR+MARCH+14%2C+2004
- ^ [2][dead link]
- ^ "13th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. http://www.lambdaliterary.org/winners-finalists/07/09/lambda-literary-awards-2000/. Retrieved February 8, 20128.
- ^ "15th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. http://www.lambdaliterary.org/winners-finalists/07/09/lambda-literary-awards-2002/. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
- ^ "16th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. http://www.lambdaliterary.org/winners-finalists/07/09/lambda-literary-awards-2003/. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
- ^ "17th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. http://www.lambdaliterary.org/winners-finalists/07/09/lambda-literary-awards-2004/. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
- ^ "19th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. 2010-06-10. http://www.lambdaliterary.org/winners-finalists/04/30/lambda-literary-awards-2006-2/. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
- ^ "20th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. http://www.lambdaliterary.org/winners-finalists/04/30/lambda-literary-awards-2007-2/. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Michelle Tea shrine
- Michelle Tea interview on KDVS, May 10, 2006
- MP3 of NPR reading of book excerpt Rose of No Man's Land, December 20, 2006
- Zale Writer-in-Residence Program at Newcomb
- Michelle Tea interview on The Lesbian Podcast February 10, 2009
- Sister SPIT
- RADAR Productions
- Michelle Tea interview with Planet Green, July 19 2010
- Michelle Tea reads selection from Rose of No Man's Land on KQED - The Writer's Block
