Frances Cannon (Ed.)
Queer Flora, Fauna, and Funga
Valiz, 2026
Queer Flora, Fauna, and Funga is an eclectic and transdisciplinary anthology, highlighting the sexual and gender diversity in nature. Queer theory and natural history intersect through visual art and creative writing.
This publication gives attention to roughly forty case studies, which inspire us to reimagine the world and our place in it. Each contribution dives into questions such as: How does acknowledging the queerness of nature inspire us to compose the world otherwise? How can we rewrite history to make a place for ourselves in the story? And what is the role of an individual in a symbiotic community? The arts, poetry, scientific and speculative writing spark this imagination, and give readers tools to shape the world differently.
Queer Flora, Fauna, and Funga asks to expand our knowledge about sexual and gender diversity, and to reconsider our relationships with each other and our more-than-human companions in the natural world.
Contributors: Clover Ajamie, Eve Alexandra, Giovanni Aloi, Céline Baumann, Suzette Bousema & Ingeborg Klarenberg, Nickole Brown, Connor Butler, Frances Cannon, CAConrad, Sam Cohen, Anna Colin & Rob Crosse, Tom Comitta, Kat Consler, Isa DeMarco, Joost Emmerik, Astro Escudero & César Jumpa (Zooa Creativa), Melissa Faliveno, Ros Gray & Carle Gent, Donna Haraway, Daisy Hildyard, Lars Horn, Sabrina Imbler, Jonah King, Johanna Koen, Gary A. Krupnick & Frances Cannon & Sarah Prager, Marjolein van der Loo & Zheng Bo, Jessica Maccaro, Andrés N. Ordorica, Siôn Parkinson, Anna Phaidra, Erik Peters, Alyssa Quinn, Catriona Sandilands, Nina Scott, Sophie Seita & Naomi Woo, Amy Beth Sisson, Lorena Solís Bravo, Emily Strasser, Orchid Tierney, Jonmar van Vlijmen & Samar Nasrullah Khan, Charlotte Woolf, Sixto-Juan Zavala
About the Editor
Franky (Frances) Cannon is a writer, editor, educator, and artist. She is the Reviews Editor for Poetry Wales, a Research Associate of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE), an editorial reader for The Kenyon Review, and an affiliated scholar at Kenyon College. She is the author and illustrator of several books: Walter Benjamin Reimagined (MIT Press, 2019), The Highs and Lows of Shapeshift Ma and Big-Little Frank (Gold Wake Press, 2017), Tropicalia (Vagabond Press, 2016), Fling Diction (Green Writers Press, 2024), Willow and the Storm, (Green Writers Press, 2025), Vernal Thaw (Set Margins’ Press, 2026), and Queer Flora, Fauna, Funga (Valiz Press, 2026). Her work can also be found in journals and magazines, including The New York Times. Franky curates the digital publication queerflora.org.
