Journal

Being a BIPOC creative can be really difficult to have to navigate one's experience in this white, cishet, male world. But here are some tips that have helped me along my own creative journey and given me the confidence to not only embrace my cultural identity but to make space for it in the narrative as well.

A queer, nonbinary writer based in Los Angeles, Misao McGregor reflects on her heightened anxiety amidst the 2020 pandemic, impending election, civil unrest, and California wildfires, and ultimately finds refuge in the pages of a young tween novel she has finally decided to give herself permission to enjoy: Twilight.

If you were to ask ten different people when the best time to read is, you would probably get as many different answers. Some of us like to read in the afternoon when jobs around the house are done and before we start dinner; others tuck into bed an hour or so earlier to read a few chapters before lights out.

Discovering new authors is a hobby to some, but a way of life for Bound to Brew.

There is a special kind of person who simply adores having the chance to explore an author’s new work—especially while they are sipping a cup of premium freshly-roasted coffee. The Bound to Brew crew understands this simple pleasure. That’s what inspired them to embark on this creative new venture.