A Message From the Empress: Favored Child, 5/5

I was first introduced to the work of Mimi Tempestt by my friend the artist Brian Kwon, who illustrated the front cover of Mimi's volume "The Delicacy of Embracing Spirals," published by City Lights. Immediately I was drawn to her fascinating, chimeric stance, the range of her voice, and her critical spirit.

Through a series of coincidences, I lear…