Tammy Melody Gomez
Author · 1 book
Tammy Melody Gomez is an activist, performance artist, and writer whose literary work—essays, poetry, microfiction—has been published in collections including Bikequity: Money, Class, and Bicycling (Microcosm Publishing, 2017), Entre Guadalupe y Malinche: Tejanas in Literature and Art (UT Press, 2016), and Women in Nature (Louise Grace Publishing, 2014). She is profiled in Las Tejanas: 300 Years of History (UT Press, 2003). She was a 2015–2018 Black Earth Institute Fellow and is a member of the Macondo Writers Workshop. Tammy has collaborated with hundreds of artists/writers in projects ranging from community media (Austin’s KO.OP Radio) to poetry projects (DRESS CODES, Blast Your Own Breath) to theatre-making (“She: Bike/Spoke/Love” and “Saliendo Abierta”). She has participated with Writers Resist, 100 Thousand Poets for Change, and curated poetry readings for the Texas Book Festival. Most recently, Tammy served as guest editor for the “Rewilding” issue of About Place Journal.
