.Writers.on.Writing.

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W.o.W. #54

Tess Kay

If you could tell your younger writing self anything, what would it be?

Don’t be afraid to share your writing. The poems/stories want to be read.

If you could have dinner with anyone, who would it be and why?

So many people. Perhaps, Amedeo Modigliani. Such a talented (and tragic) painter.

What does your inner writing voice tell you?

Write whatever comes to you at the moment. You can always question (and discard) it later.

What are you currently working on (even nonwriting things)?

A novel in the Czech language. And I am always writing poems or fragments of poems and stories.

Tess Kay is a transgender woman writer, poet, and lyricist. She was born and raised in the Czech Republic and later found her home in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Similarly to Minnesota’s long, cold winters and warm summers, Tess, in her writing, combines themes of loneliness and isolation with moments of hope and faith in fellow human beings.

Tess’ incredible poem, “Pride,” was included in Yellow Arrow Journal’s issue KINDLING, Vol. VIII, No. 1, Spring 2023.

Learn more about Tess on Instagram @tessdajc and Facebook @tess.dajc.