MK Chavez
MK Chavez is a writer and educator whose body of work explores mixed-race identity, social justice, ecological resilience, and horror cinema. At Ouroboros Writing Lab, Chavez cultivates literary experimentation as a radical act of liberation and supports the creative growth of QTBIPOC writers and allies committed to igniting meaningful change. They are co-director of Berkeley Poetry Festival, host of Bay Area Book Festival Mixed-Race Affinity Group, and poetry editor at The Fabulist. Chavez has received the Pen Josephine Miles Award, San Francisco Foundation/Nomadic Press Literary Award, among others. Their published works include Dear Animal, Mothermorphosis, A Brief History of the Selfie, and other chapbooks.
Projects
Friday Spark: Generative Writing Workshop
Literary ArtsClarion Alley Mural Project: Wall + Response
A series of curated poetic works celebrating the murals of Clarion Alley to raise awareness about wraphome.org and Clarion Alley Mural Project (CAMP) efforts…
Literary Arts, Arts & Culture, Street Art
Blueprint For Mysterious Creatures
A hybrid collection exploring the experience of other in the United States through horror film.
Literary Arts
Dear Animal
Dear Animal, is a re-imagination of the Linnaean taxonomy from a feminist perspective. This collection is a love letter to the resilient feral female and an …
Literary Arts
Entering the House through the Window: New Ways to Write the Familiar
Entering the House through the Window: New Ways to Write the Familiar A 2-day workshop taught by MK Chavez and Maw Shein Win exploring innovative ways of cr…
Literary Arts
Contributions
Tiny Gods
Tiny Gods is an Afrofuturistic young adult novel that follows the journey of Iyana, a Naija warrior who rescues frozen children from shades and transplants t…
Trauma, Tresses, & Truth: Untangling Our Hair Through Personal Narrative
TT&T is an anthology of African American & Afro Latina authors relating their true, often shocking encounters while wearing natural hair (Chicago Review Pres…
Skills
Literary Arts
FocusEditing, Event Organizing, Performance & Reading, Teaching, WritingGenresLyric Essay, Memoir, Personal Narrative, Experimental Poetry, Narrative Poetry, Speculative Poetry, Prose Poetry, Ghazal, Haiku, Renga, Sestina, Flash FictionPersonal Development
TopicsBusiness & Leadership Skills, Education & Skill Development, Life Path, Personal Empowerment, Productivity, Relationships, Self Awareness