Contact & Booking
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LITERARY AGENT
Annie DeWitt, annie@theshipmanagency.com
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Leslie Shipman, leslie@theshipmanagency.com
PUBLICITY
Kelly Shi, kshi@penguinrandomhouse.com
SUPPORT
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EXPERTISE
KB strives to create a world where everyone—regardless of race, gender, or sexuality—has access to a thriving life. With expertise spanning performance, creative writing, education, arts administration, student affairs, event production, and nonprofit management, they are eager to share their story, support your career goals, and help you cultivate inclusivity, diversity, equity, and accessibility (IDEA), ensuring marginalized communities can thrive.
Some areas of interest for KB include: poetry, memoir, personal essay, cultural criticism, books, TV, music, movies, Texas politics and culture, Blackness, gender, LGBTQIA2+ issues, transgender and nonbinary issues, artivism, Hip Hop, masculinity, environmental justice, intersectionality, gentrification, reproductive justice, mental health, pop culture, LGBTQIA2+ inclusivity in medical spaces/nonprofits/mental health spaces, racial inclusivity in LGBTQIA2+ spaces, the business of writing, anti-transness as anti-Blackness, performance poetry, and storytelling.
“I can attest that KB is both a brilliant and engaging speaker and knows the ins and outs of university life from their time as a student affairs professional. I cannot recommend them enough, as a speaker or human.”
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*KB is not available to write blurbs or guest judge contests in 2025.
