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my fortnightly newsletter, speed of trust, is a space for coming together in the messiness of existing as the fullest version of the self, where raw expression, cringe, nuance and pleasure, are uplifted as spells for living in a state of expansion.
here, I share personal essays, poetry, somatic and pleasure-based practices, and my upcoming offerings/events
in print:
Moi Pleasure - Rage Issue 2025
Obscene Pomegranate Issue 002 2024
Femme Art Review Issue 003: Censorship 2024
SAD Magazine: Blank Slate 2023
Poetry Undressed: The Undressed Society Issue 002, 2023
My Body Is An Orchard by Taylor Neal 2023
Folklore Zine: A Harm Reductionist's Guide to Better Care Issue 02 2022
Solstice Literary Magazine Issue 1: Relationships Spring 2022
"To allow yourself to experience your anger is to allow yourself to take up space in the world."
From Moi Pleasure: How We Learn To Be Sad by Taylor Neal
My Body Is An Orchard
by Taylor Neal, edited by Em Keeler
My Body Is An Orchard takes the form of a collection of original poetry written during my time as a steward of the land in northern California during the summer of 2022, in reflection of the ways my body gives and receives, serves and is served, heals and is healed, by the land, by love, by violence, and by the souls with whom I move through contact.