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第13回（2001年） Winner
Michelle Tea (born Michelle Tomasik)
ミシェル・ティー
Michelle Tea
ペンネーム:
Michelle Tea（Pen name used for publications and public work）
プロフィール
- 性別
- 女性
- 生誕
- 1971-01-01 （Chelsea, Massachusetts, United States）
- 国籍
- United States
- 言語
- English
- 宗教
- Catholic (family background)
- 居住地歴
- Chelsea, Massachusetts → Boston, Massachusetts → San Francisco, California → Los Angeles, California
経歴
- 職業
- Author, Poet, Editor, Producer, Director, Publisher
- 活動期間
- 1994年〜
- 影響を受けた人物
- Sylvia Plath, Beat Generation writers, Siouxsie Sioux
- 影響を与えた人物
- Younger queer writers associated with Sister Spit (e.g., Beth Lisick, Nicole J. Georges), Ariel Schrag (example)
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Lambda Literary Award (Lesbian Fiction) | Valencia | Lesbian Fiction | Lambda Literary | Winner |
| 2008 | Jim Duggins Outstanding Mid-Career Novelists' Prize | — | — | Saints & Sinners Literary Festival | Winner |
| 2019 | PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay | Against Memoir | — | PEN America (awarding body) | Winner |
Lambda Literary Award (Lesbian Fiction)
2001
対象作品:
Valencia
部門:
Lesbian Fiction
主催:
Lambda Literary
結果:
Winner
Jim Duggins Outstanding Mid-Career Novelists' Prize
2008
主催:
Saints & Sinners Literary Festival
結果:
Winner
PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay
2019
対象作品:
Against Memoir
主催:
PEN America (awarding body)
結果:
Winner
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
The Passionate Mistakes and Intricate Corruption of One Girl in America
1998年 Short stories / autobiographical fictionA collection of short stories in memoir form exploring her youth in Massachusetts, goth subculture, and sex work.
AutobiographyClassSex work
Valencia
2000年 Memoir / NonfictionChronicles a year in the life of a young queer poet in San Francisco's Mission District, candidly addressing love, trauma, poverty, and queer community.
Queer experienceSex and relationshipsTrauma
映像化・舞台化
- [Film (experimental)] Valencia: The Movie / Hilary Goldberg and multiple directors (2013)
翻訳
- Valencia (translated editions)
Black Wave
2016年 Fiction / Apocalyptic novelAn apocalyptic novel set in San Francisco in 1999, dealing with societal collapse and individual survival.
ApocalypseCommunity disintegration
Against Memoir
2018年 Essay collectionA collection of journalistic and critical essays on varied topics, blending personal experience with cultural critique.
EssayCultural criticism
Knocking Myself Up: A Memoir of My (In)Fertility
2022年 Memoir / ParentingA memoir chronicling fertility treatments and becoming a parent, highlighting challenges faced by queer couples.
Fertility treatmentParenthoodQueer family
Modern Magic: Stories, Rituals, and Spells for Contemporary Witches
2024年 Essays / PracticalContains stories, rituals, and spells aimed at contemporary witchcraft practice, blending narrative and practical guidance.
MagicSpirituality
全著作
- The Passionate Mistakes and Intricate Corruption of One Girl in America (1998)
- Valencia (2000)
- The Chelsea Whistle (2002)
- The Beautiful (2003)
- Rent Girl (2004)
- Rose of No Man's Land (2006)
- Coal to Diamonds: A Memoir (with Beth Ditto) (2013)
- Mermaid in Chelsea Creek (2013)
- How to Grow Up: A Memoir (2015)
- Girl at the Bottom of the Sea (2015)
- Black Wave (2016)
- Modern Tarot (2017)
- Against Memoir (2018)
- Knocking Myself Up (2022)
- Modern Magic (2024)
翻案
- Valencia: The Movie (experimental film by multiple directors, 2013)
作品の翻訳
- Valencia (translated into multiple languages)
作風・主題
- 文体
- Autobiographical, candid voiceFragmentary and memoiristic structureFeminist and queer-theory informed critique
- 頻出モチーフ
- Queer communityTrauma and healingPoverty and classSex workBecoming a parent / parenting
評価・遺産
Michelle Tea is a prominent voice in queer literary circles, known for community-building through Sister Spit and Radar Productions and for initiating the Drag Queen Story Hour. Her memoiristic works candidly portray queer experience, class, and sex work, influencing many younger writers.
大衆文化への影響
- Contribution to founding and popularizing Drag Queen Story Hour
- Impact of the Sister Spit tour on queer literary events
引用
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The 'Michelle' in the book is definitely me, though if it makes a reader more comfortable to imagine it's all a giant work of fiction, that's fine too.
出典: Interview (e.g., The Guardian) (2000年)
豆知識
- Born Michelle Tomasik; publishes under the name Michelle Tea.
- Co-founded the Sister Spit collective in 1994.
- Founded Radar Productions in 2003 and served as creative director through 2015.
- One of the creators of the first Drag Queen Story Hour in San Francisco.
- Won the Lambda Literary Award (Lesbian Fiction) in 2001 for Valencia.
- Won the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay in 2019 for Against Memoir.
- Has publicly identified as bisexual.
- Launched the nonprofit press Dopamine Books in 2023.