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I was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1969. Despite my Mormon heritage, I was raised by atheists in the wild western town of Jackson, Wyoming. I grew from a tomboy into a prom queen, complete with curled bangs and blue eye shadow. I went off to Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon and became a raging feminist—back when that term was still a compliment.
Upon graduation in 1991, I tucked my English degree under my arm and drove east to pursue my dreamed-of life in New York City. I fell in with a crowd of art-makers and writers and had the very good fortune to appear in a Laurie Anderson performance and a Karen Finley installation. All before the tender age of 23. My mentors included publisher Ira Silverberg, poet David Trinidad, writer Eric Latsky, writer Heather Lewis, poet Tory Dent, and artist Beth B, all of whom opened my eyes to the intersections of art, risk, and transformation.
When I was 26, I published my first anthology, Surface Tension: Love, Sex, and Politics Between Lesbians and Straight Women, which was nominated for a Lambda Book Award. Then I teamed up with my best friend Anna Bondoc to collect letters between notable young women and their feminist sheroes, published as the collection Letters of Intent in 1999.
My articles and reviews have been published in Bitch, Punk Planet, ColorLines, Tikkun, New York Newsday, The Women’s Review of Books, and other publications. My thoughts on bisexuality and feminism are included in Jennifer Baumgardner’s Look Both Ways: Bisexual Politics.
I returned to Jackson in March 2007 with my blue-haired, deejay, artist girlfriend to live near my family, hike in the mountains, and make art. Coyotes regularly trot through our yard which suits our penchant for wildness just fine.
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