Publications
Youngman: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan
Co-edited with Zach Ozma
Penguin Random House (Vintage Classics), 2021.
We Both Laughed in Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan
Co-edited with Zach Ozma
Nightboat Books, 2019.
Experience
Digitization and Collections Assistant
Letterform Archive, present
Digitization and Cataloging Contractor
John J. Wilcox, Jr. Archives, 2021
Photographic Collection Cataloger
Oakland Museum of California, 2019 – 2020
Curator
PLURALS: Joel Gregory + KC Crow Maddux
The Transgender District
Pentacle Coffee, 2020
Digitization Project Archivist
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Historical Society, 2018
Collections Project Coordinator
Mills College Art Museum, 2017 – 2018
Accessions Assistant
Mills College Art Museum, 2016 – 2017
Interpretive Media Intern
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Summer 2016
Digitization Assistant
Mills College Art Museum, 2015 – 2017
Circulation Assistant
F.W. Olin Library, 2015 – 2017
Education
Visual & Critical Studies
Bachelor of Arts, Mills College
2018
Video
Looking Portraits: Red
2017
Official Selection: Trans Stellar Film Festival (2018)
Visibility often involves being seen, but what about seeing? Eleven video portraits themed around looking, stillness & the color red. The project attempts to complicate the trans vernacular through the use of red descriptors.
The Things We Did & Didn't Do
2016
Official Selection: San Francisco Transgender Film Festival (2016)
I thought we were gay cowboys?
And other caveats-in-love.
Press
2021
Transgender Studies Quarterly: Lou Sullivan and the Future of Gay Sex, Ellis Martin and Zach Ozma.
2020
Oakland Museum of CA: Digitizing the Lange Collection spotlight video.
The Poetry Project: Reading from We Both Laughed in Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan Part II, Ellis Martin and Marissa Deitz.
Bay Area Reporter: Trans District Art Installation Opens, John Ferrannini.
2019
The New Yorker: Lou Sullivan's Diaries are a Radical Testament to Trans Happiness, Jeremy Lybarger.
Hyperallergic: A Trans Activist’s Memoir Is a Monumental Contribution to Queer History, Caden Mark Gardner.
Slate: The Pleasure of Being Lou, Crispin Long.
LitHub: How Lou Sullivan’s Journals Enrich the History of Trans Literature, Callum Angus.
BookForum: Peel Slowly and See, Charlie Markbreiter.
The Atlantic: Ways of Being, Stephanie Burt.
Living in This Queer Body: We Have Always Been Here: A Mini-Episode Featuring the Diaries of Lou Sullivan.
The New Inquiry: You Make Me Swoon.
The Paris Review: Memory of a Queer Revolutionary.
Lambda Literary: Desire and Discovery in 1970s San Francisco, William Johnson.
Hazlitt: ‘We Put Extra Emphasis on the Sexy Stuff Because That Was His Shit’: An Interview with Ellis Martin and Zach Ozma, Chris Randle.
them.: Lou Sullivan's Diaries Show the Transformative Power of Queer History, Amos Mac.
Nightboat Blog: An Interview With Zach Ozma & Ellis Martin, June Shanahan.
Ribbon Around a Bomb: Excerpts from We Both Laughed in Pleasure
GCN: Devastating and Inspiring Diaries of HIV Positive Gay Transgender Activist Published, Deirbhile Brennan.
Bay Area Reporter: Diaries Reveal Hidden Worlds for Museums, Matthew S. Bajko.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: New Book Chronicles Life of Wauwatosa Native, Writer and Trans Historian in His Own Words, Karen Pilarski.
2018
SFMOMA Open Space: Genre Wormhole #1: Archive For Future Memories", Lauren Levin.