Magical realism, brain-twisting poetry, disability activism and access, the end of injurious chemical culture, Ordinary Mind Zen School, green building
Music
Right now: hyperacusis and earplugs. Otherwise: Loretta Lynn, Johnny Cash, Cat Power, Liz Phair, Sleater-Kinney, Belly, Throwing Muses, The White Stripes, Beth Orton, The Trucks, Alison Kraus, Bob Dylan, Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter, Sufjan Stevens, PJ Harvey, Mindy Smith, J Tillman
Movies
Antonia's Line, The Door in the Floor, Mysterious Skin, The Sweet Hereafter, The Straight Story, Smoke Signals, Grizzly Man, Oleanna, House of Games
Books
The Dogs and The Terrible Girls by Rebecca Brown, Cruddy by Lynda Barry, anything by Eileen Myles, Joy Harjo, Song by Brigitt Peegan Kelly, HIV, Mon Amour by Tory Dent, Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison, Mark Doty, Pablo Neruda, Cesar Vallejo, Charlotte Joko Beck
Writer, activist, Sagittarius spitfire, exiled Midwesterner, and organic mattress afficianado. http://www.peggymunson.com. My first novel, Lambda award finalist Origami Striptease, was released not long ago, and my first book of poetry, Pathogenesis, is now in print!
"Peggy Munson’s Pathogenesis is forthright and magical in its scope. The minute ascends to the monumental—moth to God; very little escapes the sharp, perceptive eye of this thoughtful poet. A sober music gives shape to the insistent pulse of this book, and each poem dovetails to highlight the collection’s overall vision. Every trope is a probe that divines vicissitude." - Pulitzer-prize winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa My publications include:
Origami Striptease
"Reading Origami Striptease by Peggy Munson reminded me of the first time I read Jeanette Winterson’s Written on the Body. Like then, I wanted to read passages of Origami to everyone. Munson is a kick-ass novelist to watch out for." - Read the Books to Watch Out For review
"A seductive, often raunchy fantasy of the disarming effects of love and trouble." - Curve Magazine
"Munson deftly experiments with gender, linguistics, and style." - Read the Bay Area Reporter review.
“Vividly poetic. I couldn't resist lying around my apartment all day, consuming every last bit of language that Munson laid out on the page.” – Chill Magazine
"This book reads like poetry and left me stunned with writer’s envy." - Read the Erotica Revealed review
"Munson is a stylist extraordinaire and the story she tells here will leave you wide-eyed, spent, unnerved." -Rebecca Brown
"A powerful, even mythic, tale of love and transformation."
-Patrick Califia
"This is sleezily insidious writing. . . .It's a good, dirty book." - Eileen Myles
About this page: I have been very active in Domestic Violence causes all of my adult life. I noticed a need in the world pertaining to Same Sex Domestic Violence. It happens more than people know. Unfortunately there are a number of gay people who barely consider themselves worthy or valued as a gay person much less a Domestic Violence Victim. There are also very limited resources, statistics, or information, for Same Sex Domestic Violence. Hopefully through empowerment and education we can change some of this. :D ~ Dee ~
Love the new profile pic. And the quote. I think the patterns on the ceilings of the bedrooms where I've lived, and the various designs of the light fixtures, are part of my heart.
hi Peggy... Happy Birthday !!! The approach to my 40th almost killed me. BUT...the day of actually turned out to be one of my best ever. Luckily, I literally drowned amongst my friends. What a great group. I'm so lucky! I have a feeling that you are, too. Just invite your friends over to help drown you (if they're not already there). By way of explanation, just tell them that it worked for kendra. And make sure they clean up before they leave.
A BIG hug from San Francisco, kendra PS...believe it or not, but 50 was nothing!
your writing is so fucking wonderful. I just took Origami Striptease on tour and it made me shiver and howl. You do amazingly mind and gonad bending things with language. Thank you.
