Lit Crawl: Bay Area Reporter Presents Lucky 13 Fortunate Fictions

To celebrate the 13th Bay Area Reporter-sponsored Lit Crawl night, author/editor Jim Provenzano hosts Lucky 13: Fortunate Fictions at Artists Television Access, with authors and poets Andrew Demčák, Diane Glazman, Yume Kim and André Le Mont Wilson.

Andrew Demčák is a third generation Czechoslovakian-American, poet, and novelist, the author of six poetry collections and eight Young Adult novels. His books have been featured by The American Library Association, Verse Daily, The Lambda Literary Foundation, The Best American Poetry, Kirkus Reviews, and Poets & Writers. He was recently selected to be the keynote speaker at the California Library Association’s annual conference to celebrate his contributions to LGBTQ+ Young Adult literature.

Diane Glazman (she/they) is a queer, agender author from San Francisco. Writing as Marie Sinclair, she is the author of eight books that explore queer identities and relationships, and seek to envision a more just and equitable future. Her first book received two Goodreads Readers Choice nominations, and her third was a finalist for the 2023 Lambda Literary Award in Gay Romance.

Yume Kim is a poet, essayist, educator, and author of her debut poetry chapbook, entitled as Reserve the Right. She became a Kundiman Fellow in 2012, Additionally she was a Ruby Fellow recipient for the 2022-2023 year. Some of her works can also be found in the following journals: gesture, Sparkle+Blink, West Wind Review, Transfer, Sugared Water, Writing Without Walls, The Bangalore Review, You Might Need to Hear This, and The Sad Girls Lit Club. Yume currently still resides in San Francisco, where she both tutors and teaches.

André Le Mont Wilson received the 2022 Newfound Prose Prize for his chapbook, ‘Hauntings.’ His work queering poetic forms and describing his experiences growing up as a Black Queer has appeared in Ina: A Queer Erotic Anthology, Genre: Urban Arts Queer People of Color Anthology No. 2, RFD Magazine, Isele Magazine, Beneath the Soil: Queer Survivors’ E-Zine, Sparkle & Blink, great weather for Media, and the San Francisco Public Library Poem of the Day.

Jim Provenzano is the author of seven gay fiction novels, including ‘Finding Tulsa,’ the 2012 Lambda Literary Award winner ‘Every Time I Think of You,’ its sequel ‘Message of Love’ (a Lammy finalist), and the stage adaptation of his debut novel, ‘PINS.’ Degrees include a BFA in Dance from Ohio State University and an MA in English/Creative Writing from San Francisco State University. Born in New York City and raised in Ohio, he lives in San Francisco. He is the Arts & Nightlife Editor with the Bay Area Reporter.