critical response:

A young debut novelist, unlike Sally Rooney, tells the truth about art and money la times

lacking talent, ambition or wealth, a young woman lands in art school in S.F. s.f. chronicle

in ‘tell me i’m an artist,’ an art student’s greatest work is herself KQED

kirkus starred review kirkus

publishers weekly review publishers weekly

lit hub's most anticipated books of 2022 lit hub

nylon book club september nylon

17 best books to read this month oprah

7 new books you need to read in august harpers bazaar

expose what is rotten mask

11 alternative summer reads lancaster online

25 books that will make you laugh out loud in public places inside hook

a portrait of the artist as a moody teen kirkus review

the universal tether of identity the rumpus

a review of chelsea martin's caca dolce brevity mag

12 essay collections by women to get you through your 20s huffington post

the inside of an outsider the fanzine

chelsea martin's 'mickey' reads like a letter from a teen chicago tribune

mickey tells the tales of pathetic struggles in a most relatable way a.v. club

the hurt is coming from within entropy

why does everyone hate hand models vice broadly

the coolest female poets to know right now nylon

profile by alisa damaso killer creatives

fubar nation the rumpus

chelsea martin sf gate

relationship poems poetry foundation

profile by ben smith horror sleaze trash

interviews:

other ppl brad listi

chicago reivew of books abigail oswald

seattle times emma levy

the inlander chey scott

shondaland sarah neilson

coeur d'alene living sharma shields

believer colin winnette

nylon kristen iversen

blarb bryan woods

salon teddy wayne

merry jane lindsay maharry

salon teddy wayne

electric literature juliet escoria

the fanzine scott mcclanahan

the fanzine juliet escoria

zyzzyva zack ravas

vol 1 brooklyn michelle lyn king

electric literature vincent scarpa

weird sister kati heng

lithub maggie milner

awst paul adams

paper darts maria anderson

dazed digital lauren oyler

other people brad listi (audio)

sf weekly evan karp

april kellen braddock

heavy feather review kim stoll

hobart elizabeth ellen

housefire riley michael parker

word riot david moscovich

the rumpus john madera

powell's brandon scott gorrell

melville house tao lin

diet soap
doug lain

future tense books kevin sampsell

upcoming events

oct 6, 2022 Tell Me I'm an Artist Tour Books Are Magic, Brooklyn, NY (virtual event)

oct 12, 2022 Tell Me I'm an Artist Tour Book Soup, Los Angeles, CA (virtual event)

past events:

sep 27, 2022 Tell Me I'm an Artist Tour Third Place Books, Seattle, WA

sep 22, 2022 Tell Me I'm an Artist Tour Powell's Books, Portland, OR

sep 20, 2022 Tell Me I'm an Artist Release Party Downtown Library, Spokane, WA

May 3, 2018 PDX Art Market, Portland, OR

Apr 28, 2018 Creating Nuanced Characters in Nonfiction, Montvale Event Center, Spokane, WA

Apr 28, 2018 Writing Funny, Montvale Event Center, Spokane, WA

Apr 26, 2018 Pie and Whiskey, Spokane, WA

Apr 25, 2018 Comic Creations, The Bartlett, Spokane, WA

Apr 23, 2018 Too Legit to Quit, Spokane Public Library, Spokane, WA

Mar 22, 2018 Creating Collaborative Comics, Spark Central, Spokane, WA

Nov 11, 2017 Wordstock Pop-Up, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR

Nov 11, 2017 A Portrait of the Artist: Coming of Age Memoirs, Oregon Historical Society, Portland, OR

Nov 10, 2017 Literary Trivia, Hawthorne Books, Portland, OR

Oct 21, 2017 Caca Dolce Tour, Aunties Bookstore, Spokane, WA

Oct 8, 2017 Caca Dolce Tour, The Waypost, Portland, OR

Sep 29, 2017 Caca Dolce Tour, Skylight Books, Los Angeles, CA

Sep 26, 2017 Caca Dolce Tour, Diesel Bookstore, Oakland, CA

Sept 19, 2017 Nylon Book Club, Facebook Live Event

Sep 17, 2017 Soft Skull Launch Party, The Kitchen, New York, NY

Sep 11, 2017 Franklin Park Reading Series, Brooklyn, NY

Sep 6, 2017 Caca Dolce Book Launch, Powerhouse, Brooklyn, NY

April 22, 2017 Get Lit!, Spokane Convention Center, Spokane, WA

Jan 25, 2017 Aunties Bookstore, Spokane, WA

Jul 22, 2016 Mickey Release Party Stories, Los Angeles, CA

Apr 30, 2016 Unabridged Books, Chicago, IL

Mar 31, 2016 Future Tense 25th Anniversary, AWP, Los Angeles, CA

Jan 24, 2016 Hobart House, Ann Arbor, MI

Nov 7, 2015 Beep Beep Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Nov 6, 2015 Victor's Backyard, Greensboro, NC

Nov 5, 2015 Chase Public, Cincinnati, OH

Nov 4, 2015 Uncharted Books, Chicago, IL

Oct 20, 2015 KGB Bar, New York, NY

May 18, 2015 Literati, Ann Arbor, MI

May 2, 2015 Sunnyoutside 10 Year Anniversary, WYNBAC, Buffalo, NY

Oct 30, 2014 Ladies Night, Drawn & Quarterly, Montreal

Oct 29, 2014 Type Books, Toronto

Oct 28, 2014 Cat in the Cream, Oberlin, OH

Oct 27, 2014 Literati, Ann Arbor, MI

Oct 26, 2014 Exile on Main, Champaign, IL

Oct 25, 2014 General Public Collective, Indianapolis, IN

Oct 24, 2014 Northwestern, Chicago, IL

Oct 23, 2014 Turf Club, St Paul, MN

Aug 20, 2014 Stories LA, Los Angeles, CA

Nov 17, 2013 Great Lakes, Great Times, Ann Arbor, MI

Nov 16, 2013 Skylab Gallery, Columbus, OH

Nov 14, 2013 The Swell Series, Chicago, IL

Nov 12, 2013 Dining Room, Norfolk, VA

Nov 10, 2013 2013 Three Tents Reading Series, Washington, D.C.

Nov 9, 2013 Toiling in Obscurity, Philadelphia, PA

Nov 8, 2013 118th Annual X-Ray Discovery Reading Series, Northampton, MA

Nov 7, 2013 Keep This Bag Away From Children, Mellow Pages Library, Brooklyn, NY

Nov 5, 2013 Even Though I Don't Miss You Release Party KGB Bar, New York, NY

Oct 5, 2013 Wordstock, Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR

Oct 4, 2013 Entertainment for People, Portland OR

Aug 4, 2013 City Lights Anniversary Party, Jack Kerouac Alley, San Francisco, CA

Jul 13, 2013 The Disordered Release Party (For Anhvu Buchanan) The Knock Out, San Francisco, CA

Jun 27, 2013 Reading For America, Press: Works on Paper, San Francisco, CA

Mar 29, 2013 Writers Reading To Writers, Acme Studio, New York, NY

Oct 13, 2012 Saturday Night Special, Casanova Lounge, San Francisco, CA

Oct 7, 2012 Drawn Out Stories, Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA<

Aug 18, 2012 Lil Bitch Tour Stop 4, Elliott Bay, Seattle, WA

Aug 17, 2012 Lil Bitch Tour Stop 3, Colonel Summers Park, Portland, OR<

Aug 15, 2012 Lil Bitch Tour Stop 2, Press: Works on Paper, San Francisco, CA

il Bitch Tour Stop 1, 826LA, Los Angeles, CA

Apr 18, 2012 Lyrics & Dirges, Pegasus Books, Berkeley, CA

Mar 29, 2012 APRIL Festival, Porchlight Coffee, Seattle, WA

Mar 3, 2012 Mixer/Paper Darts Last Chance AWP Happy Hour, The Beauty Bar, Chicago, IL

Feb 24, 2012 B.L.ING, Press: Works on Paper, San Francisco, CA

Jan 14, 2012 An Evening of Uncomfortable Sex Talk, The Makeout Room, San Francisco, CA

Nov 14, 2010 The Really Funny Thing About Apathy Release Party, Royal Nonesuch Gallery, Oakland, CA

Sep 7, 2010 Reading, Booksmith, San Francisco, CA

Oct 9, 2010 LitQuake, Dog Eared Books, San Francisco, CA

Aug 23, 2010 DIY Publishing and Marketing, 826 Valencia, San Francisco, CA

Mar 3, 2010 Small Press Fest, Pilot Books, Seattle, WA

Feb 27, 2010 Great Lakes, Great Times Reading Series, 826 Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Feb 15, 2010 Strange Bedfellows, Caldecott Office, Oakland, CA

Jan 24, 2010, Burn Your New Years Resolutions, Good Vibrations, Berkeley, CA

Nov 25, 2009, No Thanks Giving Caldecott Office, Oakland, CA

Nov 9, 2009 The Rumpus Reading Series, The Makeout Room, San Francisco, CA

Nov 3, 2009 The Missing Box, 9th Floor Radio, Oakland, CA

Oct 15, 2009 Original Shorts: Evolve - Space Gallery on Polk Street, San Francisco

Sep 9, 2009 The Hunger Season Release Party (For William Taylor Jr.) - Modern Times Books, San Francisco, CA 7pm

Aug 27, 2009 Babble-On Dog Eared Books, San Francisco, CA

Jul 16, 2009 InsideStoryTime Reading Series, Cafe Royale, San Francisco, CA

Jul 11, 2009 Writers With Drinks - The Makeout Room, San Francisco, CA

Jul 5, 2009 Polestar Reading Series, Cakeshop, New York, NY

Jul 3, 2009 During My Nervous Breakdown I Want To Have A Biographer Present Release Party (For Brandon Scott Gorrell) - PPOW Gallery, New York, NY

Jun 14, 2009 Meet and Greet - Copperfield's Books, Napa, CA

Jun 13, 2009 An Evening of Poetry and Whatever - Pegasus Downtown, Berkeley, CA

Jun 12, 2009 Common Thread Poetry - Pirate Cat Radio Cafe, San Francisco, CA

Jun 11, 2009 - Bittersweet Cafe, Oakland, CA

Jun 5, 2009 Epic Summer - Manifesto Bicycles, Oakland, CA

May 15, 2009 How To Pick Fights - House Party, San Francisco, CA

Apr 19, 2009 Tongue and Groove - The Hotel Cafe, Los Angeles, CA<

Apr 7, 2009 Everything Was Fine Until Whatever Release Party - The Maiden, Portland OR

Apr 8, 2009 - Neptune Cafe, Seattle, WA

May 15, 2008 - Camel Headquarters, San Francisco, CA

Apr 19, 2008 - Electricworks Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Apr 16, 2008 - Let's get Deeply Moved - Center Gallery, Oakland, CA

Dec 9, 2008 Hear/Say Reading Series - Macky Hall, Oakland, CA