About
tenderness, lit was founded in january 2017. since then, we’ve published hundreds of poems and stories online, seven beautiful chapbooks, two full-length collections of poetry, and an anthology of previously rejected work.
we believe that more than anything else, the body of work that we have selected for publication speaks to who we are.
to be explicit: tenderness is a space that was created to uplift the voices of LGBTQ and POC writers. we want to find ways to bring those writers closer to the center of the literary conversation. we want to find ways to get them paid. we want a better world. we’re trying to get to it.
the tenderness, lit team is zoë blair-schlagenhauf and amelia seidel.
MEET THE TENDER TEAMMATES:
ZOË BLAIR-SCHLAGENHAUF: (she/her) HEAD DESIGNER / CO-FOUNDER
Zoë is a tiny hummingbird living in the heart of Los Angeles. She writes and draws and will do most anything she can learn in a youtube video. If you want to learn more you can (respectfully) google it. She is doing her best to stop and smell the flowers.
AMELIA SEIDEL: (she/her) EDITOR / OPERATIONS MANAGER
Amelia lives in Chicago. She is an organizational fiend and likes to surround herself with creative fiends, so this tenderness partnership works out really well. Outside of tenderness, she works in theater and live events doing production management and other organizational / paperwork-y stuff. The author of nothing except shitty tweets and really good spreadsheets, Amelia can give you a book recommendation if you need one.
ANAHI MOLINA: (she/her) GUEST EDITOR
Anahi is an MFA candidate in creative writing at Northern Arizona University. she edits books and writes essays which you can find at The Rumpus, The Millions, Carbon Copy, and elsewhere. visit her online at her website. she can frequently be found cooking pasta.
PAST TENDER TEAMMATES:
JUNE GEHRINGER: (she/her) EDITOR IN CHIEF / CO-FOUNDER
June Gehringer is the author of “I love you it looks like rain” (Be About It Press 2017) and “I don’t write about race”, (Civil Coping Mechanisms 2017). She is the winner of the Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and other games. She tweets @june_gehringer.
MARISA CLOGHER: (they/them) GUEST EDITOR
Marisa is a writer and editor in New Orleans and is trying and failing to take anything seriously. Writing can be found often at My Spilt Milk, and always on their Patreon. Watch them become internet famous through twitter @marginalmarisa