H. Melt: Difference between revisions

| date_birth=1990<ref name="Segal">{{Cite web |title=Poet H. Melt shows why gender isn't always simple |last=Segal |first=Corinne |work=PBS NewsHour |date=7 December 2015 |access-date=23 July 2020 |url= https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/poetry/poet-h-melt-shows-why-gender-isnt-always-simple}}</ref>

| place_birth=Chicago<ref name="Susi">{{Cite web |title=Dinnerview: H. Melt |last=Susi |first=Danielle |work=entropymag.org |date=22 February 2017 |access-date=25 May 2020 |url= https://entropymag.org/dinnerview-h-melt/}}</ref>

'''H. Melt''' is a nonbinary writer, poet and editor who lives in Chicago. Their writing has appeared in many publications, and in 2017, Lambda Literary awarded them the Judith A. Markowitz Award for Emerging LGBTQ Writers. <ref>{{cite web|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20191030135910/https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=15427|url=https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=15427|archive-date=30 October 2019|date=28 August 2018|title=An Interview with Poet and Editor H. Melt|last=Falck|first=Alex|work=Office for Intellectual Freedom of the American Library Association}}</ref>

Their debut poetry collection, ''The Plural, The Blurring'', was published in 2015 by Red Beard Press,<ref name="Segal" /> and their chapbook ''On My Way to Liberation'' was published in 2018 by Haymarket Books.<ref name="Todd">{{Cite web |title=H. Melt: On Imagining Trans Liberation--Lambda Literary |last=Todd |first=Levi |work=Lambda Literary |date=17 October 2018 |access-date=23 July 2020 |url= https://www.lambdaliterary.org/2018/10/h-melt-on-imagining-trans-liberation/}}</ref> They are also the editor of the 2017 anthology ''Subject to Change: Trans Poetry & Conversation''.<ref name="Dionne">{{Cite web |title=7 Books To Read During Trans Awareness Week |last=Dionne |first=Evette |work=Bitch Media |date=14 November 2017 |access-date=23 July 2020 |url= https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/bitchreads/trans-awareness-week}}</ref>

{{quote|The purpose of my work is to help keep [[trans]] people alive. I create art that centers trans people—it is by, for, and about our lives. My practice spans disciplines including artmaking, writing, teaching, and organizing. I focus on telling personal stories, building relationships, and creating community with [[queer]] and trans artists. I understand my work as queer. I define queer as a verb—an active challenging of the individual and institutional powers that define who and what is normal. Through my poetry and art, I work towards building a world where queer and trans liberation is possible.<ref>[https://www.hmeltchicago.com/artist-statement Artist Statement]</ref>}}