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The Weeds Grow Anyway Book Release

  • GOCA - UCCS Ent Center for the Arts 5225 North Nevada Avenue Colorado Springs, CO, 80918 United States (map)

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Join Nico Wilkinson for the debut of their full-length poetry collection The Weeds Grow Anyway. This book is a celebration of that which lies beyond resilience in the face of adversity: audacity. Writing from Colorado Springs amidst a time of anti-trans violence, they examine the relationship of trans people to this world through the lens of nature's relationship to humans. What makes a plant into a weed, something deemed unacceptable to the landscape? The poetry within - much like the local flora and trans people who live there - is rooted in the experience of queering the inhospitable landscape that is Colorado Springs. The books are handmade by the author, featuring linocut-printed covers they designed. 

Nico will read from the book and will be signing books at the event.

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