Nia King

Nia King is an art activist, journalist, and podcaster in Oakland, California. She is best known for her podcast "We Want the Airwaves," where she interviews queer and trans artists about their lives and work.

Career

King's work focuses on topics such as race, self-reflection, and sexuality, and considers participation in political movements to be essential to her work.

King co-edited the book Queer and Trans Artists of Color: Stories of Some of Our Lives (2014) with Jessica Glennon-Zukoff and Terra Mikalson. This collection was based upon the first year of the podcasts she created, which primarily focuses on experiences of Black and Latin persons. The book includes King's interviews with Ryka Aoki, Yosimar Reyes, Kortney Ryan Ziegler, Julio Salgado, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Janet Mock, and others. The Advocate listed this book on its list of the Year's 10 Best Transgender Non-Fiction books in 2014.

Her second book, Queer and Trans Artists of Color, Volume 2 is a collection of interviews discussing race, sexuality, and systematic oppression.

Both works were self published. King has stated this is because her work is not mainstream enough for larger publishing institutions to be interested in backing her work. She has also stated that she finds self-publishing more accessible than traditional publishing to marginalized authors.

King is host and producer of the podcast We Want the Airwaves. The podcast consists of interviews of queer and trans artists of color. King has stated that the title is a reference to a song by American punk band The Ramones, and ties into her views that marginalized people should have more space within media.

King worked as an illustrator for Voices of Mixed Heritage: Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations, a curriculum kit for grades 6–12 published by Brooklyn Historical Society.

Personal life

King graduated from Mills College in 2011. She is originally from Boston, Massachusetts. She is mixed race and of Black/Lebanese/Hungarian descent. King also identifies as queer.

Selected works

References

  1. ↑ "Oakland-based Artist and activist". Nia King. Archived from the original on November 10, 2013. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Queer & Trans Artists of Color: Volume 2!". Indiegogo. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Nia King". Artzines. July 8, 2017. Archived from the original on April 27, 2019. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Nia King: Queer Comic Zine Culture". Lambda Literary. October 2, 2013. Retrieved March 31, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ↑ King, Nia; Glennon-Zukoff, Jessica; Mikalson, Terra (January 1, 2014). Queer and trans artists of color: stories of some of our lives. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1492215646. OCLC 891147387.
  6. 1 2 ""Taking Up Space and Making Art": An Interview with Nia King". Barnard Center for Research on Women. March 8, 2016. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
  7. ↑ "The Year's 10 Best Transgender Non-Fiction Books | Advocate.com". www.advocate.com. November 17, 2015. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
  8. ↑ Queer and trans artists of color. Volume two. King, Nia,, Rose, Elena. [Place of publication not identified]. 2016. ISBN 9781988139005. OCLC 965830537.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  9. ↑ Persaud, Christopher (September 6, 2017). "Imagine Otherwise: Nia King on Supporting Queer and Trans Artists of Color". Retrieved February 22, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Nia King's Urgent Message: "We Were Here and Our Lives Matter"". KQED Arts. May 27, 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
  11. ↑ Miller, Heather; Pryor-Ramirez, Judy. "Voices of mixed heritage : crossing broders, bridging generations" (PDF). bklynlibrary.org. Brooklyn Historical Society. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
  12. ↑ Buth, Amanda (December 6, 2016), Queer author, activist Nia King promotes LGBTQ artists, University Wire, ProQuest 1846120102
  13. ↑ King, Nia (January 1, 2013). "Art School Is Hell". Art School is Hell. OCLC 893237463.
  14. ↑ Diaspora, Nia. Angry black-white girl: Reflections on my mixed race identity. Place of publication not identified: Nia Diaspora. OCLC 317593021.
  15. ↑ Diaspora, Nia; Martin, Lauren Jade. MXD zine!: True stories by mixed race writers. Place of publication not identified: Nia Diaspora. OCLC 317593024.
  16. ↑ Diaspora, Nia (January 1, 2008). Borderlands: Tales from disputed territories between races and cultures (sequel to MXD: True stories by mixed race warriors). Denver, CO: Nia Diaspora. OCLC 317593027.
  17. ↑ Diaspora, Nia; Abou-Karr, Nadia (January 1, 2008). Borderlands: It's a family affair. Denver, CO: Nia Diaspora. OCLC 319679865.
  18. ↑ King, Nia (January 1, 2013). We are not white lesbians. OCLC 880681900.