Author of the poetry collection HARDLY CREATURES (@tin_house '25) and the verse drama MY LOVE IS WATER (@uglyducklingprs '25)
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ALT Poet Rob Macaisa Colgate in a t-shirt and leather jacket next to the cover of his poetry collection which shows the bottom half of a bust of a human head with a blind salamander sitting atop where the head is broken.
ALT Black background with red quote-shaped box. White words say Special Feature, "You lift to find dim. No whim not made. At hymnal, eye wooden to lit hymn, herd meet." Rob Macaisa Colgate, "Eli Plays Along."
ALT Black-and-white photo of Rob Macaisa Colgate, a multiracial person with short blond and black hair. They are wearing a leather jacket and a graphic T and standing with their thumbs in pant pockets. Photo is inset with a white border and red background beyond that.
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We at Foglifter are heartbroken and resolute in the wake of the 2024 Presidential Election. Like so many of you—our comrades, our beloveds—we are filled with a profound worry for the future, and for the safety, visibility and dignity of our community. Yet, even as we sit with our collective worry, we at Foglifter are channeling this passionate energy into renewed commitment. We will press on, emboldened and reignited by our mission: uplifting, celebrating, and amplifying groundbreaking queer and trans writing, championing the multi-marginalized—our youth, our elders, our BIPOC family, and disabled folx—and, most pressingly now, resisting [...]
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ALT POST US ELECTION STATEMENT "Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced." — James Baldwin We at Foglifter are heartbroken and resolute in the wake of the 2024 Presidential Election. Like so many of you—our comrades, our beloveds—we are filled with a profound worry for the future, and for the safety, visibility and dignity of our community. Yet, even as we sit with our collective worry, we at Foglifter are channeling this passionate energy into renewed commitment. We will press on, emboldened and reignited by our mission: uplifting, celebrating, and amplifying groundbreaking queer and trans writing, championing the multi-marginalized—our youth, our elders, our BIPOC family, and disabled folx—and, most pressingly now, resisting [...] [please see our Instagram post's alt text for full description, as Twitter's alt text limit does not allow the text's entirety to fit here]
ALT WHAT IS FOGLIFTER DOING ⤑ Continuing and bolstering our commitment to amplifying the voices of underserved queer and trans writers ⤑ Expanding our organizational ties and connections ⤑ Ongoing commitment to our annual Start a Riot! Chapbook Prize with our 2025 release, Sand Bodied Florida Boy by Grayson Thompson ⤑ Continuing to publish two journals a year, featuring transgressive, thought-provoking, evocative work across genres ⤑ Initiating plans to add a digital version of the journal to further improve accessibility in all its forms ⤑ Paying our staff, collaborators, and contributors honorariums for their work ⤑ Organizing and activating spaces in the San Francisco Bay Area for free, accessible readings, events, and workshops
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