Join Tucson’s former Poet Laureate, TC Tolbert, for a free trans, non-binary, queer+ poetry workshop/creative space. We’ll explore LGBTQ+ poetry and you’ll have a chance to write and create. No previous poetry experience necessary and sharing is always optional.

Come create community with us!

FREE and open to LGBTQ+ folx and allies!

TC Tolbert (he/him/hey grrrl) is a trans and genderqueer monkey-goat who never ceases to experience a simultaneous grief and deep love any time s/he pays attention to the world. S/he writes poems, works with wood, learns, teaches, and wanders. In 2019, TC was awarded an Academy of American Poets’ Laureate Fellowship for his work with trans, non-binary, and queer folks. Publications include Gephyromania (Ahsahta Press, 2014/Nightboat Books, 2022) and five chapbooks. TC is also co-editor (along with Trace Peterson) of Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics (Nightboat Books 2013). The Quiet Practices won the Chad Walsh Chapbook Prize at Beloit Poetry Journal and was published in Fall 2023. TC lives in Tucson, AZ where s/he was the Poet Laureate from 2017-2025.