before utterance

Inspiration for the writings and movement comes from:

Jericho Brown's

Riddle

Duplex

Audre Lorde's

Who Said It Was Simple

Galimatias'

Renaissance Boy

As well as every experience and person I have ever come across. Thank you for creating this unanticipated anomaly. This work exists because of you.

Thank you to

Linda Orji, Keturah Orji, Ace R-W, Cheyenne Frank, Bess Goldstein, Shoshanna Isaacs, Vaneeza Khawer, Kierstyn Edore, Kristen Vendel, Lucy Flippen, Alessandra Martinez, Alexis Curiel, Jesse Veasey, Britney Bautista, Emily Civitella, Hannah Owens, and Kayla Ricketts

for contributing your lovely voices to this project.

Frances Caballo, Social Media on Twitter

art by: unknown, itsPeteski and michael dumontier and neil farber