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A digital drawing by the artist Robin Hayashi of Bec Bell-Gurwitz's white dog named Milou.

About

The Artist 

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I'm a nonbinary, queer multidisciplinary writer (fiction, nonfiction, poetry and visual artist) and teacher who is fond of river valleys, interrogating place, and challenging the delusion that we humans are separate from nature, or that we can fit ourselves easily into binary.

I'm a therapist, which directly informs much of my art and I'm interested in looking critically at the mental healthcare system and its relationship to carceral politics.

My dog (pictured above) is a goofy mutt named Milou and he is one of the great loves of my life.

 

I'm finishing up a novel called Truth or Consequences,  where an old childhood game has its stakes raised, becoming a harrowing ritual played between adolescent sisters, resulting in devastating outcomes for both as adults. I have a near-complete collection of short stories exploring the intersection between caretaking and violence, incorporating related themes like consent, bodily autonomy, and the monetization of care, tentatively titled Care Economies.

You can read an excerpt from my novel Truth or Consequences here.

Based in Northampton, Massachusetts (Pocumtuc/Nonotuc) and missing Portland, Oregon (Upper Chinook/Clackamas), Queens, New York (Lenape), and the Hudson Valley (Mahican).

 

Education

BA. Bard College.

MSW. Columbia University. 

MFA. University of Massachusetts-Amherst (in process).

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