Shelby Edison
Shelby Edison (she/they) studies English, linguistics, and women, gender, and sexuality studies at Washington University in St. Louis. When not wandering through her local bookstore, she can be found performing slam poetry that verges on the edge of stand-up comedy, promoting sexual health on her college campus, and listening to podcasts on the latest in pop culture.
Selected Published Work
Blue Marble Review
Uniquely Aligned
"Lemony Snicket: Beater of Quarantine Blues" — April 2020
“The Most Antisocial Social Activity" — May 2020
“Roll for Self Confidence" — published June 2020
"A Newly Decorated Teenage Room in a Global Pandemic" — September 2020
"Summer Camp, Until Next Year" — September 2020 (print issue)
"What We Do is Watch What We Do in the Shadows" — published October 2020
Sandpiper
Silly Gal
Sunstroke Magazine
"Being Birth Control Girl" — May 2022
"Finding Self Care in Build-a-Bear" — June 2022
"Where are all the Jewish Superheroes?" — October 2022
"Thinking of Myself as One of Alison Bechdel's 'Dykes to Watch Out For'" — November 2022
"Do You Have a Minute to Talk About Sex?" — January 2023
"Another Dimension to Dungeons and Dragons" — May 2023
"The Ice Cream Sandwich Connoisseur: Chen Chen’s Poetry and Queer Texan Identity" — June 2023
"Self-Love in Aisle 2" — July 2023
Tegan and Sara, Thanks for the Community — August 2023
The Courage to Scare Myself — October 2023 (print issue)
Unfiltered Magazine
Selected Spoken Word Performances
