# Donna Minkowitz

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S1 Episode 7: Reflection

When they get it wrong, do journalists have an ethical responsibility to make things right? In 1994, Donna Minkowitz wrote a well known article about Brandon Teena after his murder that inspired some and prompted outrage among others. After years of reflecting on how her original article was writte…

Bang Bang

In 1999, the stories of three horrific acts of violence haunted the country: the murder of Amadou Diallo in New York City, the murder of Brandon Teena in Nebraska, and the Columbine school shooting in Colorado. These murders were all perpetrated by groups of white men and presaged the violence that…

Donna Minkowitz, Queer Activist and Multiple Memoirist

Donna Minkowitz is a journalist, activist and memoirist who has written extensively about LGBTQ politics and culture. She covered gay issues and AIDS activism for The Village Voice from the late 1980s through the mid-1990s. In her book "Ferocious Romance: What My Encounters With the Right Taught Me…

Brandon Teena

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On New Years Eve of 1993, a 21-year-old transgender man named Brandon Teena was murdered in Humboldt, Nebraska. Brandon's life and subsequent murder were later depcited in the 1999 film "Boys Don't Cry." We speak with writer Donna Minkowitz, who covered the case back in the '90s, and has since writ…

When Healing Finally Happens

If you’re on a healing journey, you know what I mean by “ahah moments.” Those rare moments when something finally clicks and allows you to finally give up a hurtful habit or belief. These breakthroughs can take years to get to. And it’s not uncommon to believe they’ll never come. Or that they’ll ne…

S4 Episode 24: DONNAVILLE

Step into the surreal and fiercely imaginative world of DONNAVILLE, the latest novel by award-winning writer Donna Minkowitz. In this episode, Donna uncovers the layers of her unique, genre-defying book—a world where personal history, fantasy, and feminist themes converge. Donna is a writer of fant…

S10Ep09: Donna Minkowitz Interview

Donna Minkowitz joins us to share her first fiction novel: Donnaville. We discuss backdrops of the mind, growth of the self through the parts of self, character struggles, and yes... there are authoritarians who are trying to bring about a stricter society. https://donnaminkowitz.com/ http://www…

Episode 276 with Donna Minkowitz, Author of Donnaville and Master Worldbuilder and Detail-Oriented Painter of Vivid Scenes and Characters

Notes and Links to Donna Minkowitz’s Work         Donna Minkowitz is a writer of fiction and memoir who author Mary Gaitskill has celebrated as “original, energetic, witty, and meaty.” Andrew Solomon dubbed her “utterly entrancing… a writer with breathtakingly fluent language.” She is also the …

Episode 340 with Donna Minkowitz, Author of Growing Up Golem, and Master Craftswoman of the Conceit, The Juxtaposition, The Universal, and The Ultraspecific

Notes and Links to Donna Minkowitz’s Work     Donna Minkowitz is a writer of fantasy, memoir, and journalism lauded by Lilith Magazine for her “fierce imagination and compelling prose.” Science fiction great Terry Bisson called her writing “rich and wild, dark and funny, as fearless as her legend…

S11Ep21: Donna Minkowitz Interview

Donna Minkowitz returns with the new edition of her memoir, Growing Up Golem. We discuss her journey from feeling "constructed" toward feeling like a person. Donna's style introduces dark topics and growing pains with intellect and fierce fantasy. https://donnaminkowitz.com/ http://www.wrotepodc…