QML Artist Talk with Malachi Lily
Malachi Lily is a black, shapeshifting, agender storyteller, illustrator, and director, born and based in Philadelphia. As an energy worker, they practice spiritual channeling to summon stories of queer love/cosmic horror that decompose colonial fears such as nature, unconsciousness, and femininity. They embrace the monstrous as a pathway to remembering the mycelial networks of the spiritual body. They believe the depolarization of nature/human/spirit is essential for liberation and collective evolution.
Their illustrations and writing have been utilized/recognized by In These Times, Hachette Publishing, The Baffler, Autostraddle, Forward Together, Metropolarity, Roxanne Gay, and more. They are a student of Tin House, Lighthouse Writers, and Roots. Wounds. Words. and they will be attending Stove Works Residency and Chateau Orquevaux this year. You can find them and their work on Substack until the title “The Magick Artist” or on their website www.malachilily.com.
This event is supported by Temple University’s General Activities Fund.