Dear Animal,

In Dear Animal, as in the salutation to a frank and feisty love letter, the poet is a ‘ pure bird of the street,’ a ‘ rock dove,’ or maybe ‘ Joan of Arc,’ in an imperfect, urban, gendered zoology. The poet declares that she studies vaginas, her ‘ Long Deep Wound.’ It’ s the source of her boundless will and power. She tells us, ‘ See through me. See the violet of my natural disaster, my exposed boutique,’ demonstrating her knowledge with intimate vignettes, vivid lists, tales of her yearnings and exploits. She says, ‘ I’ m a crime.’ But if these gorgeous and graphic poems, full of devotion, read as criminal, sign me up for their poetic justice.’ -Joyce Jenkins

MK Chavez is an Afro-Latinx writer, educator, multi-disciplinary artist, and curator. Chavez is co-director of the Berkeley Poetry Festival and co-founder and curator of Lyrics & Dirges and teaches and supports writers at Ouroboros Writing Lab. Chavez’ s writing explores identity, social injustice, environmental degradation, horror cinema, magic, and ritual and has been recognized with a Pen Oakland Josephine Miles award, the San Francisco Foundation/Nomadic Press Literary Award. Chavez is a 2018 Alameda County Arts Leadership Award recipient and a 2023 YBCA 100 fellow. Chavez’ s literary offerings include Dear Animal, Mothermorphosis, the lyric essay chapbook A Brief History of the Selfie, and Virgin Eyes. Chavez’ s work can be found among the trees in San Francisco’ s Golden Gate Park through the Voices of the Trees Project.

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