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C. QUINTANA, or CQ (pronouns: she/any) is a queer writer with Cuban and New Orleans roots. CQ tells stories that mine the misconception of dissimilarity and proclaim, "You are not alone." 

Her plays and musicals have been developed and produced across the country with Diversionary Theatre, Barrington Stage Company, INTAR, Ensemble Studio Theatre, and more. Her play Scissoring is available via Dramatists Play Service. For more, visit NPX.

CQ's poetry, fiction, and lyric nonfiction is published in Third Coast, Jacar Press, The Wildness Journal, Foglifter, great weather for MEDIA, and beyond. The author of the poetry chapbook The Heart Wants (Finishing Line Press), CQ's poem "She-lium" was featured on Radiolab's "Elements" episode in collaboration with Emotive Fruition, now Poetry Well. 

CQ's television writing includes: her half-hour dramedy Career Gay, a top ten featured pilot on the inaugural Out in Hollywood list. Her dystopian drama pilot, Invisible Lily, appeared on the WeForShe "Ones to Watch" List. She served as Staff Writer on ABC's The Baker and the Beauty (2020) and Story Editor on AMC's upcoming Orphan Black: Echoes (2023). 

 

She is the recipient of grants & fellowships from NYSCA, Café Royal Cultural Foundation, MacDowell, Playwrights Realm, Van Lier/New Voices at The Lark, CubaOne,  Lambda Literary, and Queer|Art, as well as commissions from The Kennedy Center, Audible, The Civilians, EST/Alfred P. Sloan Project, and more. She holds an MFA in Playwriting from Columbia University. @cquintanatown

projects.

writing.

selected plays.

poetry & prose.

DIGITAL

(Forthcoming) 

THE PUNCH MAGAZINE

"Caroline & John" (short story)

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THE POETRY SOCIETY OF NEW YORK | MILK PRESS | SPILT MILK (ONLINE)

"Bill" (poem)

THE LATINO BOOK REVIEW

"Hungry" (short story)

WILDNESS JOURNAL

"Whitish" (lyric essay)

BOMB MAGAZINE

"The Queer Continuum: Emily Hashimoto..." (interview)

 

BOUDIN: THE MCNEESE REVIEW ONLINE

"In a Dark House" (lyric essay)

THE LARK BLOG

"Read (More) Plays" (flash essay)

P.S. I LOVE YOU via MEDIUM

"Go Hug Your Father" (lyric essay)

QUEEN MOB'S TEAHOUSE 

"The Three Little Pigs & the Big, Bad Buzzcut-Loving Agenda" (satire) 

PULPMAG

"Genderfication (Part I: Collaboration)" (lyric essay)

BOMB MAGAZINE

"Living is Contagious: Aimee Herman...(interview)

 

THE LARK BLOG

"What's in a Name? Why SCISSORING" (essay)

THE LARK BLOG: STAGES OF RESISTANCE

"The Conversation of Resistance"(essay)

ONCUBA MAGAZINE

"Soul History" (lyric essay) 

FRONT PORCH JOURNAL

"Life is an Application" (experimental/lyric essay) 

APAC BLOG

"On Evensong" (essay) 

7x7.la

"The Best-Kept Part of You"

(fiction w/ photographer JJ Jetel)

 

GLASS POETRY PRESS: PULSAMOS

"Historia (For Orlando)" (poetry)

JDBRECORDS BLOG

"Alchemy" & "King or Queen(tana)" (poetry) 

2014 LAMBDA FELLOWS ANTHOLOGY

A Slip of Moon excerpt (fiction)

 

FIRST CLASS LITERARY MAGAZINE

"Bushwick Avenue-Aberdeen Street" & "Painting" (poetry)

HIV HERE & NOW

"And How" (poetry)

 

PRINT

THIRD COAST

"In Fact, You Have No Idea" (lyric essay)

FOGLIFTER JOURNAL
"Articles of Michigan" (hybrid)

JACAR PRESS /  ACTING UP: QUEER IN THE NEW CENTURY ANTHOLOGY

"Intensive Care" (poetry)

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SANTA CLARA REVIEW

"Final Song" 

"Maiden Voyage" 

(poetry) 

GREAT WEATHER FOR MEDIA / ESCAPE WHEEL ANTHOLOGY

"Buffalo" (poetry)

FINISHING LINE PRESS

The Heart Wants (poetry chapbook)

NIMROD INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL

"Origins of Dress" (lyric essay) 

 

FOGLIFTER 

"Live Like the Geraces," "After Garner," &"Al" (hybrid/poetry)

 

SAW PALM

"Cornflakes con Leche" (poetry)

 

RASPA MAGAZINE

"Love's Equation," "January," and "Reunion" (poetry)

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THEATRE/PLAYWRITING

Katie Gamelli

Paladin Artists

p: 860-930-0757

katiegamelli@paladinartists.com

 

TELEVISION/FILM

Steven Selikoff (Manager)

Shuman Company

sselikoff@shumanco.com

Katt Riley & Martin To

A3 Artists Agency

p: 203-615-8551

katt.riley@a3artistsagency.com

martin.to@a3artistsagency.com

BOOK

Adrian Shirk

Driftless Literary

adrian@driftlessliterary.com

CONSULTING + PERSONAL

cq@cquintana.com 

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