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Tonee Mae Moll

Writer | Poet | Educator

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  • Out of Step Won a Lammy!

    My full-length debut, Out of Step: A Memoir won the 2019 Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Nonfiction! At a ceremony on June 3rd, Out of Step won the annual award for LGBTQ+ literature presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation: For over 30 years, the Lambda Literary Awards (the “Lammys”) have identified and honored the best… Read.

  • Out of Step: a memoir is a 2019 Lammys Finalist

    Out of Step: A Memoir has been named as a finalist for the 31st annual Lambda Literary Awards in the category of Bisexual Nonfiction! The winners will be announced at the award ceremony on 3 June in New York City. I’m so honored to be included among this year’s finalists. I think a lot about… Read.

  • Out of Step: A Memoir is here!

    It’s here, everyone! My first full-length book, Out of Step: A Memoir, is available today! It’s a literary (I hope) memoir about a bisexual, working-class kid joining the army during “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” It’s a queer, anti-war coming-of-age story, and I think both straight and LGBTQI+ readers will find something worthwhile in it. The… Read.

  • Events updated for Fall 2018

    New events have been posted in the events tab! I’ll be all over this fall to promote Out of Step, so I look forward to seeing y’all out there in bookstores, cafes, bars and university venues! Read.

  • Out of Step: A Memoir is Available for Preorder

    I am excited to announce that my first full-length book, Out of Step: A Memoir, is now available for preorder! The official release date is 18 July, and readers can order now to have it shipped directly to them the moment it is available. Here’s what writer and educator Michael Kardos, who selected the book… Read.

  • 2017 Roundup

    2017 Roundup Last year was a banner year for me (and 2018 isn’t looking so bad either)! A lot of chances came my way, and a lot of people made it possible. Thank you to everyone who either offered me some sort of opportunity in 2017, or accepted and shared my work in some way,… Read.

  • Big News!

    Big news! For the last several years I’ve been working on a manuscript that tells the story of my time in the U.S. military through a collection of essays, some straightforward, others more experimental. I am excited to announce that that manuscript, Out of Step, has won the Non/Fiction Prize from The Journal/The Ohio State… Read.

  • Creative Writing Studies Conference

    I just got word that I’ll be presenting at the 2017 Creative Writing Studies Conference in Black Mountain, North Carolina. The conference is hosted by the Creative Writing Studies Organization, which aims to elevate discourse and pedagogy on creative writing that is well-researched and theoretically grounded. The theme this year is “Creative Writing Studies in… Read.

  • Review: George W. Bush’s Paintings

      In case you missed it, I recently shared some of my thoughts on George W. Bush’s new book, Portraits of Courage: A Commander in Chief’s Tribute to America’s Warriors. The work shares a collection of oil paintings Bush has created of injured military veterans of the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. As a… Read.

  • NeMLA

    I recently presented at the Northeast Modern Language Association annual conference here in Baltimore.  The conference is an annual event from NeMLA, a professional organization for a variety of scholars of language. I presented as part of a panel on Social Identity, Affect and the First-Year Classroom. My presentation was on Queer Across the Curriculum,… Read.