ALT Vintage shoulder-level sketch of Frances Thompson sporting a hat, a jacket & a buttoned blouse with the words THE FRANCES THOMPSON WRITERS STUDIO FOR BLACK TRANS STUDY circled around her. She is staring intently at us.

ALT Workshop Leaders Jada Renée Allen is a Black trans writer living in Phoenix, AZ on U.S.-occupied O'odham Jewed, Akimel O'Odham, & Hohokam lands. A 2022 92Y Discovery Poetry Contest winner, Jada Rene is the recipient of fellowships, scholarships, & support from Tin House, Kenyon Review Writers Workshop, Community of Writers, & VONA/Voices, among others. Her work appears in Gulf Coast; Hayden's Ferry Review; Paris Review Daily; Virginia Quarterly Review; & elsewhere. She is from Chicago, IL. Jari Bradley is a Black genderqueer poet & scholar from San Francisco, California. Jari has received fellowships from Callaloo, Cave Canem, & Tin House. Jari's work has also been published in Callaloo, The Virginia Quarterly Review, BOAAT Journal, & Punctum Books' Anti-Racism, Inc: Why the Way We Talk About Racial Justice Matters, among others. Jari holds a MFA from the University of Pittsburgh. Currently, they are a PhD candidate at the University of Houston To donate: bit.ly/francestws