To celebrate Valentine’s Day and the release of antmen pimentel mendoza’s chapbook MY BOYFRIEND APOCALYPSE, join the poet in an evening of queer and trans love poetry. antmen will host a writing exercise and workshop including time to share your newly written work! Arrive with a notebook and an open mind and heart. The writing workshop will be followed by a feature set performance by antmen.

Artist Bio: antmen pimentel mendoza (she, he) is the author of the chapbook MY BOYFRIEND APOCALYPSE (Nomadic Press, 2023). antmen is a writer, the Acting Co-Director of the Multicultural Community Center at UC Berkeley, and a student at the Rainier Writing Workshop at Pacific Lutheran University. His poetry is published or forthcoming in Underblong, Peach Mag, A Velvet Giant, and Gigantic Sequins. Find antmen online at @antmenismagic and antmenpm.com or riding her bike in Oakland, CA.

This event is co-sponsored by Eastwind Books of Berkeley and Kearny Street Workshop.