TARA JEPSEN

Tara Jepsen is a writer and performer from San Francisco, California. Among her many performances, she has featured at the Porchlight storytelling series, the RADAR reading series at the downtown San
Francisco public library, and at Litquake. She is co-host of the longrunning and beloved open mic, K'vetch. Her work has been published in the anthologies Pills, Thrills, Chills and Heartache (Alyson Books) and It’s So You (Seal Press). She toured extensively with the original Sister Spit’s Rambling Road Show in 1997, 1998, and 1999. Her most recent short film, Diving for Pearls, won the “Most Innovative Short” award at the Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (2005) and was selected for the “Best of Newfest” screening at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. She is at work on a new short film, and a novel titled Like a Dog.

Astrological Sign: Scorpio, Taurus rising, Pisces moon
Hometown: Green Bay, Wisconsin
Favorite Road Snack: Nuts and gum, together at last
Favorite Vice: COFFEE
First Concert: David Lee Roth and Tesla
Writer You're A Groupie For: Mary Gaitskill and Jen Banbury and James
Baldwin