Devin S. Turk

Devin S. Turk is a poet, nonfiction writer, and visual artist creating from personal experience about Autism, transness, and Madness in the Mid-Atlantic United States, often with a cat in their lap.

Baltimore, MD, United States

Selected work (5 publications)

Strange Horizons Magazine, 2022

Statue of David with Top Surgery Scars"I see the smooth dip in surface where pectorals meet a ribcage and I envision into existence two scars perhaps still fresh with stitch marks. his stone sling slung over one shoulder, a colossal right hand curled around a mystery..."

The Baltimore Review, 2023

Junk Drawer"I keep a collection of keys that unlock nothing looped together, tarnished neighbors on a lanyard and I imagine that they floss their metal teeth with junk drawer gossip..."

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism, 2020

Our Own Little Worlds...why is the autistic landscape automatically considered less fulfilling than that of the non-autistic? Why is the realm of neurotypicality the baseline standard while the “world” of Autism is devalued and dismissed as disordered fantasy?

Rooted In Rights, 2022

The Power of the Autistic StimThe sensation feels like fountain soda under my skin. It starts in my shoulders and, by the time it has traveled to my elbows, I’m already moving. My hands become a blur. Loose at the wrists, they move back-and-forth, up-and-down...

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