VIV

writer | editor | artist

About

viv (they/them) is a Los Angeles-based writer who explores queerness and neurodivergence in the context of the urban landscape. their poetry and prose appears in Palaver Magazine, LATER Magazine, and anthology reflection/refraction.

they have an English BA and a Literary Editing and Publishing MA from USC, are a former Assistant Poetry Editor at the New Orleans Review magazine, and now work for the Writing Program.

in their free time, they read, make funky jewelry, paint sapphic cartoon characters, and play guitar.

Publications

The Roundup: Dispatches from the Queer Country Dance Community:
"[line dancing lesbians]" (forthcoming poem)Pornstar Martini:
"the bloody curse of a writer" (pg 28)
"bubbly high" (pg 29)Beloved: A ButchFemme Zine:
"we spent all night" (poem)Palaver Magazine:
"propranolol erasure" (poem)LATER Magazine:
"horripilation" (poem)
"decrescendo in pianissississimo" (poem)
"LA lesbians" (short nonfiction)
"losing faith in god" (short nonfiction)reflection/refraction:
"And So It Begins" (short nonfiction)

Jewelry

Custom polymer clay earrings--DM me on Instagram to commission!