Sifting Through Real Life

Michelle Tea Writer of fiction and nonfiction, graphic novelist, and arts organizer

Author Biography

Michelle Tea (born Michelle Tomasik) is originally from Chelsea, Massachusetts (a suburb of Boston), and currently lives in San Francisco. Tea was the co-founder of the Sister Spit spoken word tour.
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Influences

“I was REALLY blown away by The Outsiders. I had never read such a strong, authentic first-person narrative before, and was struck that it was the voice of a poor person, someone misunderstood by and on the outside of culture."

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Sifting Through Real Life

by Michelle Tea

November 29, 2007, 4:36 pm

I wanted to try things—everything—especially things that are illegal and have a whiff of glamour.

–Me, quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle, August 25th, 2004