Interview with Venus Selenite

Waves Breaking

This month, I had the pleasure of meeting Venus Selenite in person while she started her first leg of her #RehabYearTour. Venus is a Bettering American Poetry 2016 nominee, a 2017 Pink Door Fellow, and one of the most notable trans women of color interdisciplinary artists in the United States. She is the author of two books: trigger and the fire been here. She lives in Washington, D.C. and the internet.

• Venus's website
• Venus's Patreon
• trigger
• The Fire Been Here
• James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time
• Nameless Woman anthology
• Goddess X
• KOKUM?
• J Mase III
• Jamie Berrout
• Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi
• • Her new book: For Black Trans Girls Who Gotta Cuss a Motherfucker Out When Snatching an Edge Ain't Enough
• Jayy Dodd
• • Their new book Mannish Tongues
  • Also, shameless plug for my interview with them back on Episode 10
• What you can do to support trans artists of color (thread)

The Sound of Waves Breaking is by Chris Lynn, a recording of voices in Washington, D.C. near the Jefferson Memorial. The editor is Mitchel Davidovitz, and the show is produced by me.