The Beautiful

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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Synopsis:

Before penning her contemporary classic Valencia, Tea wrote wonderfully honest narrative poems, which she self-published in small editions, now collected here for the first time. A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of 2004 and a Lambda Literary Award finalist.

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