Proud to be a part of this local film showcase on an occult-theme night with my video work THE PROGRAM.

It's me, I'm "opponent."

I was interviewed by Mark Brodie from The Show on KJZZ Phoenix regarding the Parental Restriction pilot program… er, Parental CHOICE 🤷… and got to call out the real agenda by Debbie Lesko and her ilk.

It was an honor and a privilege to meet Mickaela Castillo from azfamily 3TV CBS 5 this morning to discuss the new “Parental Choice” pilot program at Queen Creek Library. This is a Maricopa County Board of Supervisors measure championed by former Young Republican and Rudy Giuliani campaign volunteer Thomas Galvin. It allows parents to submit a list of books they don’t want their kids checking out, and the librarians have to enforce the restriction. If you’re wondering what titles are under scrutiny, look no further than the Arizona Women of Action and their meeting yesterday with Debbie Lesko (who you may recall from the election denial efforts of 2020).

I am honored to be hosting my friend Chiwan Choi for a reading and Q&A at the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing on the Tempe campus of Arizona State University on Thursday, April 10th, 2025 at 6:00pm.  Sean Avery Medlin opens the evening!

Choi is a poet, writer, and publisher, the author of four full-length poetry collections—including The Flood (Tia Chucha Press) and the Daughter Trilogy—as well as multiple chapbooks. Choi’s work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Poem-A-Day, Esquire, and numerous literary journals and anthologies, and has been featured by KCET, LA Weekly, and Cosmonaut Magazine. Choi is a partner at Writ Large Press and the Editor at Cultural Daily.

Sean Avery Medlin is a writer, musician, and performer whose work explores Black masculinity, media (mis)representation, and personal narrative. A Hip-Hop and gaming enthusiast, they guide artistic and cultural initiatives across Arizona while teaching creative writing. Their work has appeared in Teen Vogue, Afropunk, Blavity, Los Angeles Review of Books, and more. Medlin’s Hip-Hop play and album, skinnyblk, and their debut essay and poetry collection, 808s & Otherworlds (Two Dollar Radio), are available online.

The Piper Writers House at Arizona State University is a center for literary arts and creative writing, hosting workshops, readings, and community programs that support writers at all stages of their careers. Home to the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing, the historic house fosters a vibrant literary community through innovative programming, visiting writer series, and educational initiatives that connect ASU with the wider literary world.

​Horror is heresy by nature. Most horror films can be understood as the ultimate battle between good and evil, but religious and folk horror typically subvert Christian values and iconography rather than celebrate them...