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WRITER,
EDUCATOR,
ARTIVIST,
MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATE.
WRITER,
EDUCATOR,
ARTIVIST,
MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATE.
LD Green is an artivist: a non-binary writer, performer, college educator, and mental health advocate living in Oakland, California. Their work has been published on Salon, The Body is Not an Apology, Sinister Wisdom, PULP, Foglifter, sPARKLE + bLINK, on truth-out.org and elsewhere. They have featured at dozens of reading series, slams, showcases, and workshops in schools, colleges, and open mics locally and across the country. As a playwright and writer/performer, they have had their work performed at multiple local and national theater festivals. LD received their BA from Vassar College and their MFA from Mills College in Creative Writing. They have received fellowships for their writing from Lambda Literary, Tin House, and Catwalk Artists' Colony. LD is Assistant Professor of English at Los Medanos College in Pittsburg, California where they teach composition, creative writing, and literature. They co-edited and contributed to the anthology We’ve Been Too Patient: Voices from Radical Mental Health, with Kelechi Ubozoh, published by North Atlantic Books in 2019. A collection of their poetry and essays is forthcoming from Nomadic Press. They are seeking representation for their screenwriting.
Book Publications:
Phoenix Song: Poetry and Prose by LD Green (available for pre-order, published February 2022)
We've Been Too Patient: Voices from Radical Mental Health
co-edited by Kelechi Ubozoh and LD Green
Published by North Atlantic Books, distributed by Penguin Random House
