Robin Reid Drake

Robin Reid Drake

Robin Reid Drake (she/they) is a Chicago (Kiikaapoi, Peoria, Kaskaskia, Bodéwadmiakiwen & Myaamia lands) based writer, artist and educator originally from Greensboro, North Carolina (Eno, Sappony & Shakori lands). White, trans & queer, Drake is passionate about combining abolitionist somatics, creative practice and popular education to heal lines of violence in herself and her communities. She holds an MFA in writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, a BA in writing from the University of North Carolina at Asheville and certification in meditation & mindfulness instruction from MNDFL Studio in New York City. Drake’s written work can be found in DREGINALD, Palimpsest, WUSSY, Understory Quarterly, and Foglifter Press’ Home Is Where You Queer the Heart, among others. More info on Robin Reid Drake…


Workshops:

03/12/2024  “I Wander, I Wander
01/16/2024  “The Temporary Is Sacred—after June Jordan
08/04/2023  “A Timbre of Voice
06/09/2023  “What Way is that to Talk of Love… Desire?
10/21/2022  “Slowing Down Into Trust
12/17/2021  “Exposed: Ekphrastic Poetry & Bad or Boring Art