Over KB’s 10+ year history of performing, they’ve graced stages at colleges/universities, museums, libraries, bookstores, coffee shops, bars, conference rooms — you name it! The ones they are most proud of are The Poet’s House NYC and Syracuse University’s LGBT Resource Center. Book KB for performances from 3-50 minutes; you won’t regret it.

Platform: virtual or in-person

If you need an engaged, interactive, and seasoned professional to teach a group about poetry, the arts, and the things that converge within, KB is available!

Here are some workshops and seminars that KB has taught in the past:

-The Business of Poetry

-Freedom House: A poetry and social justice workshop

-Pitches That Land Bylines With Your Favorite Magazines

-Anti-Capitalist Poetics

-Building Your Platform as a Writer

-Black Queer Poetics

-Writing Our Way Towards Healing

-Intro to Poetry and Publishing

-Policing in Schools: A Poetry Workshop (for youth)

-Poetry and Identity

-various custom-made workshops

Length of time: 1-4 hours, can be broken into multiple sessions

Platform: virtual or in-person

If the workshops that KB has done in the past don’t quite fit your needs, they are open to custom-making something more appropriate.

Length of time: 1-4 hours, can be broken up into multiple sessions

Format: virtual or in-person

If you’re wanting an invigorating lecture, keynote, panel, or class visit on any of KB’s areas of interest, do reach out! In order to book this, KB will need a detailed account (time, subject matter, location) at least 2 weeks ahead of time.

Book KB to create poems for your weddings, businesses, organizations, and other special occasions. Their experience with commissions span from churches and scholarship programs to communication firms and love letters. They have over 50 individual poems published online from reputable journals and can’t wait to grace your event/occassion.

KB is currently open to writing opinion and research-driven essays! Their past essay clips can be found here.

If you’re hoping to solicit a poem or creative nonfiction piece for a magazine, journal, or some other entity that you work for, please do so! KB is not open for unpaid solicitations, but they are (often) working on something and would love to send it to you.

Every lively event needs a host to set the tone. Luckily, KB has been hosting events since 2015, and they’d be happy to bring their pizzazz to your event!

Have an issue of your magazine that you’d love a cool guest editor for? Have a chapbook, full-length, or individual poem contest you want an awesome guest judge for? KB is open to those opportunities, and can’t wait to read all the submissions.

Book a one-hour call with KB for any arts support you may need.

Areas of expertise: submissions preparation, fellowship/residency/book contest/arts grant application preparation, CV/resume writing, biography writing, statements of purpose writing, artist statement writing, cover letter writing, agent queries, essay pitches, diversifying your income, learning the terminology, goal & objective-setting, 10 or less-page packets of poems

KB has over 10 years of organizing, advocacy, and education experience; they are eager to bring their knowledge to your setting, and can create an experience that leads to much-needed change around inclusivity, diversity, equtiy, and access.

Here are a list of workshops that KB has conducted in the past:

-Intro to Gender and Sexuality

-Gender, Sexuality, and Medical Professionals

-Gender, Sexuality, and Mental Health Workers

-Ending Anti-Blackness in the Classroom/Workplace/Community

-Ending Transphobia in the Classroom/Workplace/Community

-various custom-made workshops

Length of time: 1-4 hours; can be broken up into multiple sessions

Format: virtual or in-person

If the workshops that KB has done in the past don’t quite fit your needs, they are open to custom-making something more appropriate.

Length of time: 1-4 hours, can be broken up into multiple sessions

Format: virtual or in-person

If you have policies, strategic plans, budgets, standard operating procedures, a physical space, or any other internal processes that you think need a fresh pair of eyes that can give you feedback on how inclusive, diverse, equitable, and accessible they are, KB is available for you! In order to book this, KB will need a detailed synopsis of your needs (page count, space location, etc) at least 2 weeks ahead of time.

If you need an engaged and attentive moderator for your panel or roundtable discussion/conversation, KB is the person for you! They have years of experience navigating socially-charged conversations and gifted writing, conflict facilitation, and coalition-building skills that are transferrable to many different settings.

If you’re wanting an invigorating lecture, keynote, panel, or class visit on any of KB’s areas of interest, do reach out! In order to book this, KB will need a detailed account (time, subject matter, location) at least 2 weeks ahead of time.

Need a quick conversation to talk about IDEA, event-planning, or something else? KB is available to troubleshoot and support you in ways that make sense. To book this, KB will need a less-than-100-word synopsis of the dilemma at least 48 hours in advance.

KB’s areas of expertise are: event-planning, race and LGBTQIA+ issues, art-based activism, art-based advocacy, financial/physical accessibility

If you’re needing more than what a workshop or audit can offer, this is the option for you. KB is available for any long-term needs around racial inclusivity, LGBTQIA+ inclusivity, and physical/financial accessibility!