“You look like anyone else. Molly, don’t be silly; you can’t be a lesbian. You’re joking. I’d know if you were such a thing.”
—Rita Mae Brown, Rubyfruit Jungle
Amelia Possanza is a full-time book publicist and part-time writer. If you’re looking to get in touch about a potential PR project, you may want to try the Lavender Public Relations site.
Her debut book Lesbian Love Story: A Memoir in Archives came out in 2023 from Catapult in the US and Square Peg in the UK and was named a Best Book of 2023 by NPR, Shelf Awareness, and Publishers Weekly. Her work has also appeared in The Washington Post, BuzzFeed, LitHub, Electric Literature, The Millions, and NPR’s Invisibilia.
She teaches creative writing to high schoolers through Lambda Literary’s Writers in School program, coaches swimming with Team New York Aquatics, and occasionally volunteers aboard the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater.
She currently lives in Flatbush with her cat.
