Hi, I’m Ari Bolotin (they/she/he).
I’m an artist, writer and collaborator.
My work is to foster equity and connection. While I work in housing justice as a a grant writer, I spend my free time making an impact creatively.
A genderqueer poet, writer and illustrator, I consider my art as part of a larger movement for social change.
Read more about me here.
Sample Poetry
A is for Ari
excerpts from an illustrated anthology
B is for bloodflow
sometimes I wear a pad at night
with wings like the daughter of Styx bore
sometimes I wear a tampon during sex
tampon during sex?? balks the straight girl
sex on her period?? chimes the boy
do not worry! I had my cootie shot
circle circle dot dot
dot…
spillover drops of clots on black panties
decade fade stained ripped spot Gap bikinis
that my mother bought me years ago
this is how I hold my blood
a trap a net a sponge a hug
this is how I bleed each month
as the moon begins her swelling