A woman with curly hair and black glasses smiles outdoors. She wears a black sleeveless top, showcasing her tattooed arms. She has hoop earrings, bracelets, and a cross necklace, standing with arms crossed in a lush, green setting.

Ariel Gore

Ariel Gore is a LAMBDA Literary Award-winning author of 13 books of fiction and nonfiction including We Were Witches, The End of Eve, Hexing the Patriarchy, and The Wayward Writer. Her latest, Rehearsals from Dying: Digressions on Love and Cancer is a memoir of queer love versus the cancer industrial complex. She teaches at literarykitchen.org.