Mimi Tempestt is a daughter of California. Her works are aimed at disrupting stereotypical narratives and the iconography of black and queer people in media representations. Her debut album, rough diamond, was released in 2019. she graduated from mills college with a ma in literature. Her debut Collection of poems, the monumental misremeberings, is published with Co - Conspirator press (2020). she is currently a doctoral student in the creative/critical phd in Literature at uc Santa Cruz.
Publications
the monumental misrememberings (Co-Conspirator Press, 2020)
untitled #3, exhaustion is the metaphor (Apogee Journal)
On Kara Walker's Fons Americanus, part one (Honey Literary)
The Unreliable Narrator (Interim Poetics)
Sustainability as survival: Queer nightlife in the time of Covid-19, Part Three
Moving with resilience: Queer nightlife in the time of Covid-19, Part Two
Preserving our unity: Queer nightlife in the time of Covid-19, Part One
Black.Queer.Alive. (An Interview Series)
"mis tias" published by Chaparral Press
"reparations" published by Changing Womxn Collective
Sonalee Rashatwar: The Fat Sex Therapist (Interview with Mimi Tempestt)
"The Birth of Evalina Lonestar" published by Inqluded (Issue Four: Love Lives Here)
Music Videos
Rough Diamond/The Mondrian. Hangry. A Plastic Kinda Love. Back To The Future. A New Day. Homecoming Queen. Sandra Was A Friend of Mine.
Exhibitions
The Black Woman is GOD (2020) Diasporic Futurism (2020 -21)
Acting//Poetry Performances//Public Speaking
Comb Your Hair (or You'll Look Like a Slave) - A Play Written by Leelee Jackson
We Are the Voices presents Patricia Smith (introduction by Mimi Tempestt)