In fall of 2022 I joined Small Press Traffic to launch The Back Room, a multidisciplinary online publishing program dedicated to arts and culture in the Bay Area, in dialogue with and autonomous from SPT’s live events. I’m delighted to be editing this small, well-tended (and W.A.G.E. Certified!) space for writers and artists.

From my introductory essay, “Make Yourself Comfortable”:

“Some of the writing I love most (that helps me most) attempts the perilous, tender task of entering these sorts of rooms, offering a window into something, perhaps rare or humble or lost, and deeply, wildly meaningful. Something not always easy or possible to describe — yet the need to try anyway, to share, to be generous, to connect, compels us on.”

And a pre-launch conversation with SPT Director Syd Staiti.