Floating Words showcases kith books

kith books is TransMad and Cripqueer owned and operated under the direction of founding editor wim blair. kith’s aim is to amplify and connect primarily trans, queer, and disabled creators. To be kith kin is to be joined in the united belief that, if we pool resources, share skillsets, and let let empathy guide us, we will lift all our siblings and make ourselves heard.

All 3 poets’ books available at kithbooks.com

Atlas St. Cloud is a wasteland haunt. he writes about gender, faggotry, & Madness through the lens of physical disability. he loves exploring internal worlds and the places in which we hide. his cat is named tibia and she loves to scream. he has published poems in Petrichor Journal, HORNS, Wireworm Mag, and Bleating Thing Magazine. he has two collections and a one act play with kith books(sediment, HERE I AM, PRY ME OPEN, and The Punchline Remains the Same). catch him on most social media sites @drdissociation

sterling-elizabeth arcadia (she/her) is a Best of the Net winning disabled trans writer across genres and lover of birds, cats, movies, and her friends. She is the interviews editor at Fifth Wheel Press, and the author of the chapbooks “Heaven, Ekphrasis” and “Transmasc Marvel Girl” from kith books. Her debut full-length poetry collection, “DRIVER,” is forthcoming in 2027 from Airlie Press, where she is a Poet-Editor.

Jenna Jaco is a poet and technical writer from Austin, Texas. Their first full-length collection, Mall Water, came out with Kith Books in 2024. They are a Fulbright award recipient, and their poetry has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. You can find her work in The Shore, Passages North, Foglifter, and elsewhere. Ask her about her shrimp tank.