Michelle Tea

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born

in Chelsea, Boston, Massachusetts, The United States

January 01, 1971

gender

female

genre

Literature & Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Gay & Lesbian

influences

Eileen Myles' Chelsea Girls, Cookie Mueller, Richard Hell, Jim Carroll...more

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Michelle Tea is the author of 4 1⁄2 memoirs, 1 1⁄2 novels, and a collection of poetry. Her memoir Valencia is an underground classic and is currently being made into a feature film by 21 different filmmakers. She is the founder and executive director of RADAR Productions, a literary non-profit which hosts the monthly RADAR Reading Series (voted Best Literary Series by SF Bay Guardian readers), the infamous Sister Spit Literary Performance tours, an annual poetry chapbook contest, and the Radar LAB Writers’ Retreat in Akumal, Mexico. She is a former writer of horoscopes and a current reader of tarot cards.

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Michelle Tea's Books

Average rating: 3.74 · 8,802 ratings · 915 reviews · 13 distinct works · Similar authors

	Valencia 3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 2,606 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rent Girl by Michelle Tea, Laurenn McCubbin (Illustrator) 3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 1,457 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rose of No Man's Land 3.46 of 5 stars 3.46 avg rating — 1,105 ratings — published 2006 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Chelsea Whistle, a memoir (Live Girls Series) 3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 751 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Passionate Mistakes and Intricate Corruption of One Girl in America by Michelle Tea, Ben Meyers (Designed by) 3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 667 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Without a Net: The Female Experience of Growing Up Working Class by Michelle Tea (Editor), Dorothy Allison (Contribution by), Diane Prima (Contribution by) 4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 565 ratings — published 2004	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Baby Remember My Name: An Anthology of New Queer Girl Writing by Michelle Tea (Editor), Cristy C. Road (Goodreads Author) (contributor), Beth Steidle (contributor) 3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 369 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Beautiful: Collected Poems 3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 260 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	It's So You: 35 Women Write About Personal Expression Through Fashion and Style by Michelle Tea (Editor), Dexter Flowers (Goodreads Author) 3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 147 ratings — published 2007	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mermaid in Chelsea Creek by Michelle Tea, Jason Polan (Illustrations) 3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Michelle Tea

“You try to be good, to be good and loving and nice and not hard, not tough, a sweet nice girl, not ugly, not full of ugliness, but people make it impossible.”
― Michelle Tea

52 people liked it

“Maybe if everyone walked around being in touch with each other's hidden pain it could work out and even be beautiful, but it doesn't feel safe to be the only compassionate person on the planet.”
― Michelle Tea, Rose of No Man's Land

43 people liked it

“I will meet you in the dirtiest city you can dream of. We will drink cocktails so sweet they pucker our cheeks, as we perch on cracked leather bar stools. I will buy you plates of calcium and protein and we will run through the streets in excellent danger.
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― Michelle Tea

32 people liked it

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