Tue, Nov 11
|Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse
An Evening with SFAI Artist in Residence, author Zeyn Joukhadar
A collaboration between CWB and the Santa Fe Art Institute (SFAI) Residency program. Zeyn will be reading from and discussing "Both/And: Essays by Trans and Gender-Nonconforming Writers of Color," which features their essay exploring queer futurism as one of its central themes.
Date, Time & Location
Nov 11, 2025, 6:00 PM MST
Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse, 202 Galisteo St, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA
About the Event
Join us in-store or register to watch on Zoom.
To discuss queer/trans futurism and more, Zeyn will be joined by Cedric Tai, an un-disciplinary artist and educator who thinks through sculpture, talking, writing, performance and experimental exhibitions.
About Both/And
From Denne Michele Norris and Electric Literature, a vital anthology of essays by trans and gender-nonconforming writers of color, sharing stories of joy, heartbreak, rage, and self-discovery.
Featuring seventeen essays by trans people of color—spanning writers, scientists, actors, activists, and drag queens—Both/And explores what it means to live as a trans or gender nonconforming person of color today.
Acclaimed authors Akwaeke Emezi, Tanaïs, and Meredith Talusan share their stories alongside activist and organizer Raquel Willis and RuPaul’s Drag Race star Peppermint, as well as a host of rising literary talent. Each story is told with honesty, authenticity, and beauty. A nonbinary molecular biologist has nightmares about their estranged father transitioning. A…