Since 2002, Rebel Satori has been committed to releasing cutting edge fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction, with a focus on amplifying LGBTQIA+ voices and promoting diversity through its press and imprints Queer Mojo, Queer Space, Arabi Manor, and the Library of Homosexual Congress. Please join a bevy of our writers as they read work new and recently resurrected.

Featuring readings by:

ANTONIO ADDESSI
BRIAN ALESSANDRO
TOM CARDAMONE
LARRY CLOSS
DALE CORVINO
SVEN DAVISSON
SCOTT HIGHTOWER
DAVID NAZARIO

Brian Alessandro is a novelist, essayist, literary critic, and screenwriter. He has co-adapted Edmund White’s A Boy’s Own Story into a graphic novel, co-edited Fever Spores: The Queer Reclamation of William S. Burroughs, and his third novel, Julian’s Debut, will be published by Rebel Satori Press in March 2025. He also has a second feature and limited series in development.

Tom Cardamone is the author of the Lambda Literary Award-winning speculative novella Green Thumb as well as other works of fiction. Additionally, he edited Crashing Cathedrals: Edmund White by the Book and co-edited Fever Spores: The Queer Reclamation of William S. Burroughs. Currently he is co-curating the Rebel Satori Press imprint The Library of Homosexual Congress, dedicated to returning works of gay literature back into print -with a focus on the AIDS crisis. He will be reading from Allen Barrett’s The Body and Its Dangers, originally published in 1990 to great acclaim.

Larry Closs is the author of the novel “Beatitude” (Rebel Satori), described by Kirkus Reviews as “A realistic and engaging love story in a finely illustrated setting,” and winner of a Gold Independent Publisher Book Award. As a journalist, photographer and videographer, Closs has contributed to NBC, CNN, Daily Mail, The Huffington Post, USA Today, TV Guide, HarperCollins, Out Magazine, The Columbia Reader on Lesbians and Gay Men in Media, Society, and Politics, The Travel Channel and The Wildest, among many others.

A 2021 Lambda Literary Emerging Fellow in nonfiction, Dale Corvino’s essays have appeared in Salon, the Rumpus, and the Gay & Lesbian Review. Bonds & Boundaries is his debut collection of short stories. His memoir of sex work, Kept Boy in the Afterlife, won the 2023 Nonfiction Prize from C&R Press and will be released in September.

Sven Davisson is the innovative force behind Rebel Satori Press, an independent publishing house dedicated to pushing boundaries and amplifying marginalized voices. Under his stewardship, Rebel Satori continues to be a beacon for groundbreaking literature that resonates
with readers seeking fresh perspectives. In his latest book, Breeding Devils in Chaos, Davisson delves into the enigmatic realms of traditional witchcraft, infusing them with a postmodern and requeered perspective. The book navigates the intricate landscapes of male mysteries, offering a provocative exploration that challenges heteronormative notions.

Scott Hightower is the author of five books of poetry in the US and two bilingual collections in Spain. His awards include a Copper Canyon Hayden Carruth Book Award and a Barnstone Translation Prize. Originally from Texas, he has itinerantly sojourned in Spain, Italy, and India. He now works and teaches in Manhattan.

David Nazario is a poet, educator, and author with no writing schedule. They write when they feel. They write when they love. They write when they lose love. They write when they travel. They write for change and growth. They write for healing – their own and the world’s. Sometimes they write before crying uncontrollably. When they write, teach, and perform poetry, they aim to share their unique perspective as an Afro-Puerto Rican gay man living and loving in New York City and beyond. Their third book of poetry, Cum On Your Heart will be published by Rebel Satori Press in 2025.