Michelle Tea: I guess my favorite pieces are the newest pieces, because their novelty has not worn off as much as the others one. I learned I was wrong when my publisher made me write a whole bunch of new new pieces for it, which I’m glad they did because they're my favorite pieces in the book.Īustin Chronicle: Do you have a favorite piece in the collection? Frankly, I thought it would be an easy, lazy way to have a new book come out. I wanted them all to live together in one book. Michelle Tea: I have a lot of essays and articles and one-offs floating out there in the world. We talked shop about the joys (and perils) of revisiting old work, what it’s like to be queer today, and Tea’s latest move to screenwriting.Īustin Chronicle: What’s the origin story of Against Memoir? It’s been a few years since Qmmunity last touched base with Tea and we figured this was the perfect time to catch up with her. This Friday, she joins UT professor Ann Cvetkovich and artist Gretchen Phillips for a reading of Against Memoir and conversation on “queer, subcultural lives,” as part of UT’s LGBTQ Studies Program.
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