Artists Space

Joon Oluchi Lee lives and writes in femininity and feminism. He is the author of Tricyclist, Neotenica, which won the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction, 94, and Lace Sick Bag. He is Professor in Literary Arts & Studies at Rhode Island School of Design, and, with his partner Roddy, co-parent of their rescue dogs Nella and Sami.

Aurora Mattia is from Texas and lives in New York. Her debut novel, The Fifth Wound (2023), and her sophomore collection, Unsex Me Here (2025), were both published by Nightboat Books. Her stories have appeared in various magazines, as well as in exhibitions at the RISD Museum and the Renaissance Society, accompanying portraits by Elle Pérez. Her second novel, Seven Come Eleven, is forthcoming from Nightboat in April 2028.