Writer. Athlete. Artist.
Writer. Athlete. Artist.
Going Unarmed Into The Wail
Going Unarmed Into the Wail is an intense, intimate chapbook that wrestles with what it is to be a product of the adoption-industrial complex. With rich visuals, the poems in this chapbook create space that leaves room to interrogate relationships with historic and present systemic violence, queerness, disability, and homecoming. In a society that heavily celebrates adoption, this bravely vulnerable collection pays tender attention to what makes and breaks a family, acutely aware that not everyone survives the persistent grief of displacement.
This work offers readers of all backgrounds a chance to be honest about how we got here. For those directly impacted by family regulation, surveillance, policing, and adoption, this writing is a refuge that disrupts the isolation these exploitative systems intend.
Can there be an alternative way forward?
For The Archive
Quintessential Kae
Hey there! I'm Kae, your matcha-loving neighborhood anthropology nerd with a passion for pretty much everything life throws my way. Picture this: a Kenyan-American queer Blackwoman living in sea-side Brighton while juggling footballs, books, barbells, and artistic adventures.
When I'm not diving deep into human cultures (hello, anthropology degree!), you might catch me lifting heavy weights at the gym, handing out treats to all the dogs I see, or in a bookshop yapping away to my friends.
Life is so very full of joy, grief, adventure, trauma, love, and so much more. I wake up overwhelmed by the immensity of life every day. I wake up ready to experience more life most days.
How do I do it all? I don’t. I simply do my best and am learning to lean on community to support me in navigating the highs and lows.
I’m grateful you’re in my little corner of the internet where I document this wild ride called life! I'm just your average student-athlete-artist-dreamer, figuring it all out one day at a time.
