Hay Pájaros in the Guava Garden: A Writing Generative Workshop

The Emerging Writers Track is designed for writers who are just beginning their journey — finding their voice, building their practice, and discovering the community that will carry them forward.

"Las negras racializadas, prietas e indias tercermundistas, somos marikas, maricones, jotos, y pajaras…Somos calibanes, somos las otras, las de-deshumanizadas. Soy no-binarie, soy una marika travesti. Soy lo abyecto, soy la bestia. Soy travesti. Yo nunca soy yo, existo en lo relacional, soy porque somos, soy en lo colectivo." — Mikaleah Dullard

This generative writing workshop explores the intersections of indigeneity, Blackness, and queerness through a decolonial lens — inviting participants to challenge and expand their understanding of self, identity, and belonging. Drawing on the frameworks of Gloria Anzaldúa, Annamarie Jagose, Andrea Smith, and Qwo-Li Driskill, and inspired by the lives and work of Audre Lorde, Yoseli Castillo Fuentes, and Dionne Brand, participants will move through reflection and into writing. Leave…