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MK Chavez is an art monster, writer, coach and educator.
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Chavez’s writing explores mixed-race identity, social justice, environmental resilience, horror cinema, magic, ritual, and the creative process.
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Chavez’s work has been recognized with the Pen Josephine Miles Award, the San Francisco Foundation/Nomadic Press Literary Award, and the Ruth Weiss Maverick Award. Chavez’s literary offerings include Dear Animal, Mothermorphosis, the lyric essay chapbook A Brief History of the Selfie, and Virgin Eyes.
Recent work can be found on the walls of the art installation Manifest Differently.
Chavez is the founder and director Ouroboros Writing Lab, and the Co-director of the Berkeley Poetry Festival.
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