Press Release

March 1, 2008

allgo & Evelyn Street Press are proud to announce the release of...

Queer Codex: ROOTED!

an anthology of queer women and trans-identified writers and visual artists

Book Title: Queer Codex: ROOTED!

Editor: Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano

Contributors: Wura-Natasha Ogunji, Sharon Bridgforth, Senalka McDonald, Samiya Bashir, Matt U. Richardson, María Limón, Jennifer Margulies, Cheryl Coward, Anel I. Flores, Ana-Maurine Lara, Adelina Anthony

Publishers: Evelyn Street Press & allgo, a Statewide Queer People of Color Organization

ISBN: 0-9723910-4-5

Austin, TX – March 14, 2008 – Evelyn Street Press and allgo are proud to announce the release of the second in the Queer Codex Anthology series: QUEER CODEX: ROOTED! Featuring poetry, short stories and visual art from 11 queer women and trans-identified artists, Queer Codex: ROOTED! is inspired by Sharon Bridgforth’s artist residency as part of allgo’s 2007-2008 Cultural Arts Season: Envisioned & Created Space(s).  Queer Codex: ROOTED! contributes to a growing body of literature and visual art by queer women and trans-identified artists of color, of jewish descent, activists, scholars and cultural workers.

Contributors will be reading from the anthology on Friday, March 14, 2008 at Resistencia Bookstore (corner of West Annie and South 1st, Austin, TX) at 7pm.  This event is free and open to the public.  The book, dedicated to the living memory of raúlrsalinas, will be available for purchase the night of the event for $12.  For more information about this reading please contact Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano at (512) 472-2001 ext 101 / lorenzo@allgo.org.  For orders contact the number above or Evelyn Street Press at books@evelynstreet.com.

About allgo
allgo works to create and sustain a statewide network of queer people of color activists, groups, organizations and allies, which through nourishment of relationships, grassroots organizing and artistic expression can radically transform systems and policies toward a collective liberation.  www.allgo.org

About Evelyn Street Press
Evelyn Street Press is an Austin-based publishing house that focuses on radical/alternative/queer/new voices. For more information visit www.evelynstreet.com.

About Queer Codex: ROOTED!
ROOTED! is the second in the Queer Codex anthology series.  Inspired by Sharon Bridgforth’s residency by the same name, the theme of this publication captures the voices of queer/trans/woman/of color/jewish/ally/writer/photographer/filmmaker/performer.  Queer Codex: ROOTED! documents the works of eleven outstanding artists who have left these pages etched with their talents, their fervor and their resilience, to honor, exalt, admonish, desire, remember, create and heal.