Incite: Queer Writers Read

Vinnie’s love for books began in the second grade, when he worked with his fellow students to write and illustrate a story about the adventures of an ice-cream-loving giraffe. Since then he has worked as a writer, editor, book designer, publisher, workshop presenter, and college instructor. He is the editor of Fashionably Late: Gay, Bi, and Trans Men Who Came Out Later in Life and the author of A Little Bit of Advice for Self-Publishers.

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Jennifer (JP) Perrine is the author of five award-winning books of poetry: Beautiful Outlaw, Again, The Body Is No Machine, In the Human Zoo, and No Confession, No Mass. Their other recent work appears in Best Small Fictions, A Mouth Holds Many Things: A De-Canon Hybrid Lit Collection, and Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, and Poetry. A two-time winner of Arts and Culture Diversity and Inclusion Awards from the Asian American Journalists Association, Perrine lives in Portland, Oregon, where they cohost the Incite: Queer Writers Read series, perform stand-up comedy, and work as the equity and racial justice program manager for Metro Parks and Nature.

T. Thorn Coyle (they/them) is the author of several magic-filled series with diverse casts: the Bookshop Witch Paranormal Cozy Mysteries, the Pride Street Paranormal Cozy Mysteries, The Steel Clan Saga, The Witches of Portland, the Mouse Thief Capers, and The Panther Chronicles. Thorn’s multiple non-fiction books include You Are the Spell, Sigil Magic for Writers, Artists & Other Creatives, Kissing the Limitless, Evolutionary Witchcraft, and Make Magic of Your Life. A queer, nonbinary, neurodivergent mystic with a chronic illness, Thorn lives in beautiful Portland Oregon and talks with crows, squirrels, and trees.

Miranda Schmidt is the author of the novel Leafskin (Stillhouse Press 2025). Their writing circles folklore, ecology, and queer magic and has appeared in Triquarterly, Orion, Electric Literature, Catapult, and more. With an MFA from the University of Washington and PhD from Bath Spa University, they have taught creative writing at Portland Community College, University of Washington, the Loft, and the Portland Book Festival. Their newsletter and teaching project, Writing Toward Nature, explores methods for bringing the more-than-human more deeply into our writing craft. Miranda lives in Portland, Oregon.

Juan Antonio (Tony) Trujillo is a queer Latino ex-Mormon from the Pacific Northwest. He is emeritus faculty in Language, Culture, and Society at Oregon State University and his work in applied linguistics and queer studies appears in edited volumes and professional journals. His new focus is short film, writing, and darkroom photography—all grounded in autoethnographic methodology but aimed at bringing a vulnerable and intimate perspective to intersectional queer experience. Tony resides in Portland where he organizes the annual Tag! Queer Shorts Festival and hones his permaculture skills at the base of Mount Tabor under the supervision of Ali the Bengal.