I don't yet know what style will be required for my next novel, but my sense is that each book will involve a new relationship to language.

My interest in language is steadfast, but I think each project and its accompanying intentions dictate how language must be used.

Art can sometimes be separate from the artist.

If anything, I have witnessed the ways my art travels, or is rendered more accessible, when sanctioned by or connected to white artists.

As a person of color, I know race can't be stripped from admiration or preference.

In poetry, I didn't have to provide resolution. I could ask hard questions without feeling responsible for the answers.

My intention was never to write a "trans novel" - which is perhaps an effective strategy for writing a trans novel.