Phoenix Song

PHOENIX SONG has many recurring themes— non-binary gender, queer and bi+ sexuality, and childhood and psychiatric trauma. As the traumas resonate within the speaker, we understand them as the root of mental health struggles— rather than clinical, problematic psychiatric “ diagnosis.”
With Phoenix Song, Green establishes themself once again as a fiery truth-teller, a writer not afraid to taste the pomegranate or to stare directly into the portrait lens before the shutter clicks. This is a journey to the center of the soul. I wanted to carry this book against my chest like a nametag, like a shield. I look forward to more and more of Green’ s work in the future. – Meg Elison
A beautiful, poignant, and resilient collection of poetry and prose exploring the intersections of gender, sexuality, mental health, and being embodied. – Julia Serano

LD Green (they/them) is a queer and non-binary writer and community college professor living in the San Francisco Bay Area. They have published We’ ve Been Too Patient: Voices from Radical Mental Health, co-edited with Kelechi Ubozoh, and their book Phoenix Song, is published by Black Lawrence Press. Their YA graphic novel, a romantasy comedic romp, is represented by Jen Newens. They have placed in the finalist round of four national screenplay contests. They were a Lambda Literary Fellow, and participated in an artist residency in Iceland. They have been a slam poetry champion, a writer/performer, and have appeared on public radio and C-SPAN Book TV.