Join us on Thursday, October 17 at 6pm Alaska time for Live from Storyknife featuring September’s writers in residence. The session will be live on Zoom and the recording will be posted on this page after the reading.
Alisha Acquaye is a Black queer writer, workshop facilitator and self portrait artist born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. Their art embraces shapeshifting, myths, afrosurrealism and the elasticity of Black femme embodiment. Alisha’s writing is published in Carve Magazine, The Iowa Review, Plentitudes Journal, Allure, Teen Vogue, and more places.
Jordan Alam is a queer Bangladeshi American writer, performer, therapist, and former doula (forever #birthnerd) based in Seattle. Their writing has appeared in Joyland Magazine, the Atlantic, SeattleMet, Autostraddle, and Entropy among others. Currently, they write a mental health column for the Seattle Times and are revising a debut novel.
Mayra Cuevas is an award-winning author of books for children and adults. Her teen novel Does My Body Offend You? (co-written with Marie Marquardt) was long-listed for the PEN/Faulkner Award. She co-founded the Latinx KidLit Book Festival, recipient of the Library of Congress Emerging Literacy Strategies Honor, and its Latinx Storytellers Conference.
Chael Moore is Ts’ahyisk’idnii, born for Honágháanii. Her maternal grandparents are Tó’ahaní and her paternal grandparents are Tó’aheedlíinii. Her writing—spanning fiction and creative non-fiction—draws from her identity as a Diné woman, weaving together stories that honor her heritage and lived experiences. Originally from Tóniłts’ilí (Crystal), NM, Chael currently resides in Albuquerque, NM.
Debra J Stone writes essays, poetry, and fiction. She is a Jerome Hill Arts Fellow in Literature 2023-25 and The Loft Mirrors and Windows Fellow 2023 for writing books for BIPOC children and young adults. Debra’s forthcoming young adult novel published by the University of Minnesota Press available 2025. She resides in Minneapolis. https://www.debrajeannestone.com
Storyknife Writers Retreat 