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Verde Arzu

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Verde Arzu is a passionate writer, podcaster, poet, blogger, and educator who identifies as a Black queer womxn. Verde Arzu’s preferred pronouns are she/her. She has been writing stories for as long as she can remember growing up on both the West Side and South Side of Chicago. Her stories draw from these experiences, as well as the experiences of being Black, womxn, and queer in America. She traces her passion for writing stories about Black queer characters from her desire to see more characters’ stories and hear more characters’ voices she can relate to.


Pushing Black womxn queer stories out of the shadows and into mainstream literature is Verde Arzu’s goal and passion. She believes, just like the traditional love story, queer love must b
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