T Kira Madden is a lesbian APIA writer, photographer, and amateur
magician living in New York City. She holds an MFA in creative
writing from Sarah Lawrence College and an BA in design and
literature from Parsons School of Design and Eugene Lang College.
She is the founding Editor-in-chief of No Tokens, a
magazine of literature and art, and is a 2017 NYSCA/NYFA Artist
Fellow in nonfiction literature from the New York Foundation for
the Arts. She has received fellowships from The MacDowell Colony,
Hedgebrook, Tin House, DISQUIET, Summer Literary Seminars, and
Yaddo, where she was selected for the 2017 Linda Collins Endowed
Residency Award. She facilitates writing workshops for homeless and
formerly incarcerated individuals and currently teaches at Sarah
Lawrence College. There is no period in her name.
In today's monologue, I talk about buying a birthday gift for my
wife.