BIO

Aimee Herman is a gay writer and educator. They are the author of the novel, "Everything Grows" (Three Rooms Press) and two full length books of poems, "meant to wake up feeling" (great weather for MEDIA) and "to go without blinking" (BlazeVOX books), in addition to being widely published in journals and anthologies including BOMB, cream city review, and Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics (Nightboat Books). Aimee currently hosts three literary series in Boulder: Queer Art Organics Open Mic, And Now: Featuring…Variety Show, and Friendship Goodybag Poetry Open Mic. They have performed at various festivals and theaters in NYC and beyond including the NYC Poetry Festival, Bowery Poetry Club and Dixon Place. They are one of the founding members of the poetry band, Hydrogen Junkbox. Aimee is turned on by public libraries, garage sales and receiving mail.