Tag: Trunky

• Unabashedly, Gleefully Queer: Sammy at the Lammies!

  Tig Notaro! Cynthia Nixon! Jeanette Winterson! Eileen Myles! Taylor Mac! Justin Vivian Bond! The presenters and attendees are a star-studded batch of LGBTQ goodness, suggesting, as the Guardian says, that this award ceremony is “unabashedly, gleefully queer…” As the day draws near, I confess: what had been a rather lackluster attempt at excitement for the Lambda…

  Sam Peterson

  June 5, 2017

  Uncategorized

  bluestockings, book, lambda literary award, lammies, Lammy, literature, politics, reading, recovery, transgender, travel, Trunky, TRUNKY (transgender junky)

• Awe in Austin, Asheville Panache

  I had the great fortune of reading at Bookwoman in Austin recently, with my labelmate Paige Schilt. Her memoir, Queer Rock Love, is a paige-turner (see what I did there). I burned through my copy, eager to see where this engaging trio of big-soul’d weirdos would go next. The similarities between our books are that…

  Sam Peterson

  May 17, 2017

  EVENTS, Uncategorized

  austin, AUTHOR, book, Bookwoman, chic, EVENTS, fashion, heroin, humans, literature, Malaprops, performance, politics, queer, queer rock love, reading, recovery, ridiculousness, Texas, trans, transgender, Transgress Press, travel, Trunky

• The Writer Who Reads

  Me, Molly McGinn, and Sam Frazier–we had a warm and wonderous time at the Durham LGBTQ Center, reading and singing for an incredibly receptive crowd. We had terrific representation from LaVare’s House, a private halfway house for LGBTQ folks in recovery, and from North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition, who dispensed naloxone and wisdom. I’d like…

  Sam Peterson

  April 14, 2017

  EVENTS

  ACC, austin, AUTHOR, book, Bookwoman, EVENTS, heroin, Louisa Spaventa, paige schilt, performance, queer, reading, recovery, transgender, transgender literature, Transgress Press, travel, Trunky, TX

• Interview with Queer Rock Love Author, Paige Schilt, and Austin Events!

  Paige Schilt, author of Queer Rock Love interviewed me about TRUNKY, for her amazing blog. She set a high bar because she literally asked me every question I had ever hoped a good reader would ask! You can purchase Queer Rock Love here, through Transgress Press. Paige and I will read together May 1st at Bookwoman in…

  Sam Peterson

  April 6, 2017

  EVENTS, Uncategorized

  austin, AUTHOR, book, Bookwoman, interview, paige schilt, performance, queer, queer rock love, reading, sam peterson, Trunky, TRUNKY (transgender junky), TX