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Selected Writing

Journalism

"Queer Women Are Making Tattoo Parlors Better for Everyone," Autostraddle

"Live from Brooklyn, A Drinking Game brings cult classics onstage," Brooklyn Paper

"Pay to Play, Just Not in the Subway," dissonant chords

"Welcoming the Foreigner: White European Tourists at Black American Churches," dissonant chords

"Books About Palestine, Colonialism, Race, and Immigration Swept the 75th National Book Awards," Electric Literature

Criticism and Creative

Art Criticism: "A Question of Presence: On Alex Israel's Where is My Mind?dissonant chords

Political Criticism: "Mamdani wants Collaborators, Not Cheerleaders," dissonant chords

Personal Narrative: "False Cognates of a Real Illness," Cleaver Magazine

Essay: "Margaret Atwood Humbled Me," dissonant chords

Cultural Criticism: "Shakespeare Should Be Activism," The Harvard Crimson

Humor: "If Classic Writers Wrote the 2024 Election Summer," Electric Literature

Interviews

"Marianna Bassham on Love and Vulnerability in a Contemporary Romeo and Juliet," The Harvard Crimson

"Dawn M. Simmons on the Joy and Imagination in K-I-S-S-I-N-G," The Harvard Crimson

© 2026 by Vivienne Germain

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