A light-skinned person with a shaved head, glasses, and long earrings in front of a wooden fence.

Robin Gow

Robin Gow (any pronouns | todxs pronombres) is a Lambda-Literary award-winning trans poet and organizer. It lives with his queer family on unceded Lenape land also called Lehigh Valley Pennsylvania. Robin is the author of critically acclaimed poetry books and LGBTQ+ young-adult and middle-grade novels, earning starred reviews from Publisher’s Weekly, Kirkus, School Library Journal, and more. He is a local organizer with Queer & Trans Lehigh Valley and Board Member of Basement Poetry.

Upcoming Programs by Robin Gow

Zine-Making Retreat

February 12 - 14, 2027

From facilitator Robin Gow: The first zine I ever held was at The Wooden Shoe, an anarchist bookstore in Philadelphia. I was drawn to the shelf of zines for their uniqueness and grungy covers. I was nineteen and the zine I picked up was about the hanky code, a code for signaling queer desires, and I remember […]