Bex Fine-Firesheets is a musician, writer, activist, ESOL program coordinator, and free-schooling parent. They’re obsessed with books, dogs, and surfing. Their memoir, All One Body, is due out June 1, 2027, via University Press of KY. Click here to preorder.
Music:
The Trees, a radical and queer rock-n-roll trio with vox, keys, bass, drums, and only a little cynicism.
Web: https://thetreesband.org
YouTube: The Trees
Instagram: @thetreesbandny
Bandcamp: The Trees
Newsletter: thetreesmusic.substack.com
Words: Bex’s writing spans music journalism, fiction, creative nonfiction, and scholarly essays. Their publications can be found in the Rumpus, MUTHA Magazine, Lumen Magazine, and Serving House Journal, among others. Their short story, The Roof, was nominated for a 2014 Best of the Net Award, and in 2018, they were nominated for a Pushcart Prize. In 2020, they won second place in the Pen Parentis Writing Fellowship contest, and in 2022, they won honorable mention in the ILS Fiction Kenya Seminar Contest. Their memoir, All One Body, is due out June 1, 2027, via the University Press of Kentucky. Full publications list available by clicking here.
Bex has also made recording appearances on tenor saxophone with
tawny.frogmouth & sunshine nights.
