This is a story about big feelings and the people we try to locate them in. It's about the scripts we have a hard time letting go of and the moments we focus on, to the exclusion of everything else.

Through playlists, text messages, flowcharts, and other forms, recurring characters tells the story of one chaotic year and its reverberations.

About the author

Evan Chelsee (they/them) is a doer of many things. At any given time you might find them co-hosting The Bi Pod, writing the Body of Work newsletter, skill-building in restorative culture, or re-filling one of the three different beverages they are drinking. Evan lives in Long Beach, California.

In Recurring Characters, Evan Chelsee guides readers through the emotional labyrinth of one year in Los Angeles-a year filled with longing, missed connections, and self-reflection. Through a collection of poetry and fragmented storytelling, this chapbook unravels the complexity of desire, self-worth, and the need for connection. Using playlists, text messages, flowcharts and more, Evan's work captures the fleeting nature of relationships and the way we anchor ourselves to people, places, and moments. Each poem invites readers to experience the chaos, confusion, and yearning of being 21 and full of feelings.

About the author

Evan Chelsee (they/them) is a doer of many things. At any given time you might find them co-hosting The Bi Pod, writing the Body of Work newsletter, skill-building in restorative culture, or re-filling one of the three different beverages they are drinking. Evan is an alum of the Tin House Writers Workshop and the University of Southern California cinema school. They live in Long Beach, California.