Robin Gow
Robin Gow (any pronouns | todxs pronombres) is a Lambda-Literary award-winning trans poet and organizer. It lives with his queer family on unceded Lenape land also called Lehigh Valley Pennsylvania. Robin is the author of critically acclaimed poetry books and LGBTQ+ young-adult and middle-grade novels, earning starred reviews from Publisher’s Weekly, Kirkus, School Library Journal, and more. He is a local organizer with Queer & Trans Lehigh Valley and Board Member of Basement Poetry.
Events with Robin Gow
Zine-Making RetreatFebruary 12 - 14, 2027
From facilitator Robin Gow: The first zine I ever held was at The Wooden Shoe, an anarchist bookstore in Philadelphia. I was drawn to the shelf of zines for their uniqueness and grungy covers. I was nineteen and the zine I picked up was about the hanky code, a code for signaling queer desires, and I remember feeling exhilarated. I had never read something so intimate and raw and full of information I couldn’t have found elsewhere. That moment was so emblematic of what zines represent. The ability to share ideas and information untethered by publishing gatekeepers or an imperative to be…