LYNETTE MEJíA
Author & Library Advocate
My stories have appeared in Daily Science Fiction, Nature: Futures, Cast of Wonders and Pseudopod, among others, as well as the anthologies If This Goes On, edited by Cat Rambo, and Flame Tree Press' American Gothic. My poems have appeared in Fantasy, Goblin Fruit, Mythic Delirium, and Strange Horizons, along with many others. My work has been nominated for the Rhysling Award, the Million Writers Award, the Pushcart Prize, and have appeared on Ellen Datlow's Recommended Reading List. My debut poetry chapbook, There Is No Why: New Fairy Tales, is forthcoming from Dancing Girl Press.
As an advocate for libraries and free speech, I co-founded and currently serve as Executive Director for Louisiana Citizens Against Censorship and Lafayette Citizens Against Censorship. I'm proud to stand with librarians and other advocates across the country to defend books and the right to read freely. I also speak on community and grassroots advocacy, book bans, and the importance of libraries.
A certified Master Naturalist, my partner and I are currently converting
our rural Louisiana property over to mostly native plant species, rebuilding its ecosystems and restoring its natural bottomland hardwood forest.
When not working or volunteering, I mostly read, and talk to trees.
Every once in a while, they talk back.
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