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We Want the Airwaves: QPOC Artists on the Rise


Is it possible to make art and make rent without compromising your values? Nia King's interviewed over 100 queer and trans artists of color to find out. Find more episodes at niaking.com. Transcripts available at Scribd. Support the podcast at Patreon. Logo by Joamette Gil. Photo of Nia interviewing Gabby Rivera by Tecpatl DeSequoia.

Jul 5, 2018

Gay Lebanese-American novelist Rabih Alameddine authored the California Book Award-winning book An Unnecessary Woman and the Lambda Literary Award-winning book The Angel of History. In this interview we discuss (questionable) reasons some Lebanese don't identify as Arab, and the commodification of gay struggle, and writing against empire. TW for use of the word "sand n****r".

This episode was recorded at Women's Audio Mission in SF. Photo by Oliver Wascow.

Listen to the interview at read the transcript at scribd.com/artactivistnia.

Support the podcast at patreon.com/artactivistnia.