Daniel W.K. Lee (李華強)
@danielwklee.bsky.social
Poet, author of ANATOMY OF WANT. Boundary pusher, Theravada ☸️, queer 🏳️🌈, Celestial 🐉. 📍NOLA⚜️. Your anti-racism needs decolonizing. 🍉
An impatient night of a poet’s life
January 29, 2026 at 3:45 AM
An impatient night of a poet’s life
Excited to share this interview w/ Rodrigo Brandāo, a filmmaker, communications professional, and self-described “social justice person.” Rodrigo speaks passionately about the role artists in activism, strategies for left-leaning media, and other great topics. Listen at powerbeyondpride.com/podcast/
January 21, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Excited to share this interview w/ Rodrigo Brandāo, a filmmaker, communications professional, and self-described “social justice person.” Rodrigo speaks passionately about the role artists in activism, strategies for left-leaning media, and other great topics. Listen at powerbeyondpride.com/podcast/
Handset, letterpressed slender broadside. Poem by me! No. 5 in a series, 4.25” x 5.5”. $6, free shipping. Order at www.tiltedhouse.org/shop/slender... 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
January 12, 2026 at 4:17 AM
Handset, letterpressed slender broadside. Poem by me! No. 5 in a series, 4.25” x 5.5”. $6, free shipping. Order at www.tiltedhouse.org/shop/slender... 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Cold brew coffee and poetry (This time by Justin Lacour, thank you very much) is a fully nourishing meal by artsy homosexualists’ standards.
December 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Cold brew coffee and poetry (This time by Justin Lacour, thank you very much) is a fully nourishing meal by artsy homosexualists’ standards.
The just recently published 2024 LMNL Anthology includes my 2024 Patty Friedmann Writing Competition semifinalist poem “Apologies to the People of Gaza.” Please have a read at lmnlarts.com/LMNL-Anthology
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December 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The just recently published 2024 LMNL Anthology includes my 2024 Patty Friedmann Writing Competition semifinalist poem “Apologies to the People of Gaza.” Please have a read at lmnlarts.com/LMNL-Anthology
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Funemployment chronicle: all the prose-writing peeps I know, I am finally getting to your 📚! I have time now to read more than poetry! @annelllopez.bsky.social Your book is next! 😝🙃😉
December 11, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Funemployment chronicle: all the prose-writing peeps I know, I am finally getting to your 📚! I have time now to read more than poetry! @annelllopez.bsky.social Your book is next! 😝🙃😉
I'm looking for a new opportunity! The breadth of my experiences and skills can be applied to many roles. Shoot me a DM if you have or know of anything that might be up my alley! Looking for remote or New Orleans-based only.
THANK YOU!
THANK YOU!
December 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I'm looking for a new opportunity! The breadth of my experiences and skills can be applied to many roles. Shoot me a DM if you have or know of anything that might be up my alley! Looking for remote or New Orleans-based only.
THANK YOU!
THANK YOU!
November 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Super excited to share our latest podcast with New Orleans-based, queer Palestinian activist, Thafer Abu Qamir! Thafer is a thoughtful, erudite speaker and @shanelukas.bsky.social and my interview with him really highlights how much of a powerhouse he is. Have a listen! youtu.be/Y6UcDTXl0b4?...
November 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Super excited to share our latest podcast with New Orleans-based, queer Palestinian activist, Thafer Abu Qamir! Thafer is a thoughtful, erudite speaker and @shanelukas.bsky.social and my interview with him really highlights how much of a powerhouse he is. Have a listen! youtu.be/Y6UcDTXl0b4?...
Get into the latest Reply All episode of Power Beyond Pride where we dig in on the likes of Bari Weiss, LGBT symbols, read questions from our Box. Have a listen at PowerBeyondPride.com/podcast
October 29, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Get into the latest Reply All episode of Power Beyond Pride where we dig in on the likes of Bari Weiss, LGBT symbols, read questions from our Box. Have a listen at PowerBeyondPride.com/podcast
First time for everything! Thank you final judge Andy Young for selecting my poem “A Confession to Gaza on Lyrical Poetics” as the winner for the 2026 Patty Friedmann Writing Competition in poetry. Also many thanks to LMNL Arts and One Book One New Orleans for the honor! I am truly gooped & gagged!
October 16, 2025 at 9:55 PM
First time for everything! Thank you final judge Andy Young for selecting my poem “A Confession to Gaza on Lyrical Poetics” as the winner for the 2026 Patty Friedmann Writing Competition in poetry. Also many thanks to LMNL Arts and One Book One New Orleans for the honor! I am truly gooped & gagged!
Chili oil made and smells amazing. My kitchen is wonderfully aromatic. Oil is missing toasted sesame seeds. Whoops!
October 11, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Chili oil made and smells amazing. My kitchen is wonderfully aromatic. Oil is missing toasted sesame seeds. Whoops!
A NEW episode of Power Beyond Pride podcast with trans human rights activist @paulinepark.bsky.social
Her sobering perspective is steeped in her experience, sharp analysis, and consistent application of her principles. Listen wherever you get your podcasts or go to powerbeyondpride.com/podcast
A NEW episode of Power Beyond Pride podcast with trans human rights activist @paulinepark.bsky.social
Her sobering perspective is steeped in her experience, sharp analysis, and consistent application of her principles. Listen wherever you get your podcasts or go to powerbeyondpride.com/podcast
October 7, 2025 at 9:03 PM
A NEW episode of Power Beyond Pride podcast with trans human rights activist @paulinepark.bsky.social
Her sobering perspective is steeped in her experience, sharp analysis, and consistent application of her principles. Listen wherever you get your podcasts or go to powerbeyondpride.com/podcast
A NEW episode of Power Beyond Pride podcast with trans human rights activist @paulinepark.bsky.social
Her sobering perspective is steeped in her experience, sharp analysis, and consistent application of her principles. Listen wherever you get your podcasts or go to powerbeyondpride.com/podcast
September 17, 2025 at 4:39 PM
H/T @paulinepark.bsky.social for this.
September 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
H/T @paulinepark.bsky.social for this.
I know hypocrisy doesn’t mean much in political discourse but the stark moral bankruptcy of it all…
September 11, 2025 at 11:24 AM
I know hypocrisy doesn’t mean much in political discourse but the stark moral bankruptcy of it all…
This week’s episode is a “Reply All," Mattie Bynum, Kate D’Adamo, and I get into the weeds over Meta’s new “anti-woke” AI advisor, Pete Buttigieg’s mouth diarrhea on trans athletes, and we respond to listener questions!
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powerbeyondpride.com/power-beyond...
August 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
This week’s episode is a “Reply All," Mattie Bynum, Kate D’Adamo, and I get into the weeds over Meta’s new “anti-woke” AI advisor, Pete Buttigieg’s mouth diarrhea on trans athletes, and we respond to listener questions!
powerbeyondpride.com/power-beyond...
powerbeyondpride.com/power-beyond...
What a delight to have interviewed Laura LeMoon with Mattie Bynum for this week's episode of Power Beyond Pride. Laura gets into the weeds with the movement for s**workers' rights and her own creativity. Pls have a listen wherever you hear podcasts or the link below!
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August 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
What a delight to have interviewed Laura LeMoon with Mattie Bynum for this week's episode of Power Beyond Pride. Laura gets into the weeds with the movement for s**workers' rights and her own creativity. Pls have a listen wherever you hear podcasts or the link below!
www.podbean.com/media/share/...
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If you've ordered ANATOMY OF WANT from my publisher @rebelsatori.bsky.social for yourself/for others for #thesealeychallenge THK U!
I'm grateful to able to reach new audiences for my poetry! 🙏🏽 Or to just make your coffee table look spectacularly queer! 😉 On sale now! rebelsatori.com/product/anat...
I'm grateful to able to reach new audiences for my poetry! 🙏🏽 Or to just make your coffee table look spectacularly queer! 😉 On sale now! rebelsatori.com/product/anat...
August 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
If you've ordered ANATOMY OF WANT from my publisher @rebelsatori.bsky.social for yourself/for others for #thesealeychallenge THK U!
I'm grateful to able to reach new audiences for my poetry! 🙏🏽 Or to just make your coffee table look spectacularly queer! 😉 On sale now! rebelsatori.com/product/anat...
I'm grateful to able to reach new audiences for my poetry! 🙏🏽 Or to just make your coffee table look spectacularly queer! 😉 On sale now! rebelsatori.com/product/anat...
🚨NEW EPISODE ALERT!🚨Just finished listening to this great episode of Power Beyond Pride featuring Daniel Valdez of Welcoming America & Charlotte Pride where he talks about immigration, ICE, and principled partnerships with corporations for Pride celebrations. Listen! www.podbean.com/ep/pb-nuu4a-...
August 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
🚨NEW EPISODE ALERT!🚨Just finished listening to this great episode of Power Beyond Pride featuring Daniel Valdez of Welcoming America & Charlotte Pride where he talks about immigration, ICE, and principled partnerships with corporations for Pride celebrations. Listen! www.podbean.com/ep/pb-nuu4a-...
Listen to the new episode where Kate D’Adamo and I grill @shanelukas.bsky.social and we get into queer futurity, “enclaving,” and bodily autonomy, of course! Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts!
July 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Listen to the new episode where Kate D’Adamo and I grill @shanelukas.bsky.social and we get into queer futurity, “enclaving,” and bodily autonomy, of course! Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts!
A list of poetry books for ya if you wanted to do a @sealeychallenge.bsky.social - New Orleans poets edition! Feel free to share!
Note: This is NOT an exhaustive list. :)
Note: This is NOT an exhaustive list. :)
July 29, 2025 at 8:21 PM
A list of poetry books for ya if you wanted to do a @sealeychallenge.bsky.social - New Orleans poets edition! Feel free to share!
Note: This is NOT an exhaustive list. :)
Note: This is NOT an exhaustive list. :)
Sick as a dog and can barely stand vertical but was determined to make these fried tofu gỏi cuốn for dinner. First time making gỏi cuốn without my mother judging me in the process. She said they look good. They okay looking but taste great! Now waiting for the antibiotics to kick in…
July 23, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Sick as a dog and can barely stand vertical but was determined to make these fried tofu gỏi cuốn for dinner. First time making gỏi cuốn without my mother judging me in the process. She said they look good. They okay looking but taste great! Now waiting for the antibiotics to kick in…
🚨NEW EPISODE ALERT🚨
Co-host Mattie Bynam and I got to have a chat with writer & activist Miguel Camnitzer about his advocacy for the un-housed & for P4l3st!ne as an antiz!0nist Jew and his writing for the latest Power Beyond Pride podcast. Please have a listen! www.podbean.com/ew/pb-aaumh-...
Co-host Mattie Bynam and I got to have a chat with writer & activist Miguel Camnitzer about his advocacy for the un-housed & for P4l3st!ne as an antiz!0nist Jew and his writing for the latest Power Beyond Pride podcast. Please have a listen! www.podbean.com/ew/pb-aaumh-...
July 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
🚨NEW EPISODE ALERT🚨
Co-host Mattie Bynam and I got to have a chat with writer & activist Miguel Camnitzer about his advocacy for the un-housed & for P4l3st!ne as an antiz!0nist Jew and his writing for the latest Power Beyond Pride podcast. Please have a listen! www.podbean.com/ew/pb-aaumh-...
Co-host Mattie Bynam and I got to have a chat with writer & activist Miguel Camnitzer about his advocacy for the un-housed & for P4l3st!ne as an antiz!0nist Jew and his writing for the latest Power Beyond Pride podcast. Please have a listen! www.podbean.com/ew/pb-aaumh-...
I’m so excited to share of this interview with the phenomenal @msgoodegg.bsky.social on the Power Beyond Pride podcast that I got to do with @publicnuisance.bsky.social ! Kassia is an erudite cannabis, DEI, justice, and human rights activist.
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July 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I’m so excited to share of this interview with the phenomenal @msgoodegg.bsky.social on the Power Beyond Pride podcast that I got to do with @publicnuisance.bsky.social ! Kassia is an erudite cannabis, DEI, justice, and human rights activist.
Apple Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
Apple Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...