rebel

The theme of this page, rebel, is both a noun and a verb. More verb than noun, actually. A command, maybe. Actions speaking louder than words, that kind of thing.

The short version:
My writing has appeared in the San Francisco Bay Guardian, Berkeley Review of Fiction, On Our Backs, and Cometbus, among others. I performed a birdcall on The Tonight Show, was on the cover of the Oakland phone book, but am most proud of my tag-team haiku championship title. My first book, Depending on the Light, was published by Manic D Press in 2001. My second book, For Lack of a Better Word, will be published in Fall 2007 by Suspect Thoughts Press.

The longer version:
I have performed my work in bookstores, cafes, colleges, poetry festivas, theaters, and music venues across the country. I am a San Francisco Poetry Slam Champion, was awarded first place in the 1999 Books Inc. poetry contest, second place in the Berkeley Fiction Review's sudden fiction contest, and won the 1998 Albuquerque Poetry Festival tag-team haiku championship. I received an MFA in English, Creative Writing from Mills College. I have produced and co-produced national tours and performance events, including ForWord Girls, Shameless, Rated XXXY, Intercourse, and Hell on Heels. My work has appeared in newspapers, journals, magazines, CDs, tapes, and websites.

I served as a recent graduate Trustee on the Board of Mills College, and as Board Chair and board member of the Board of the Intersex Society of North America (ISNA). I offer informational talks and spoken word performances about intersex issues at conferences and schools.

This website is one way of sharing my work and keeping in touch with you. Thanks for checking it out.

Thea Hillman
thea@theahillman.com
www.myspace.com/theahillman
Thea's C.V., includes awards, publications, and presentations

Articles & Interviews:
— Poet Embraces Multiplicity
Jacob Anderson-Minshall, San Francisco Bay Times

— The National Queer Arts Festival: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Mara Math, Bay Area Business Woman

— For reviews, visit shine (my books)

photo: Su Evers
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photo: Victoria Heilweil
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San Francisco Poetry Slam Finals 1999
photo: David Huang