My creative writing explores themes of identity, embodiment, and lived experience through poetry and prose. Much of my work engages with queerness, religion, disability, and belonging, often focusing on how these identities intersect in complex and sometimes contradictory ways.

I approach writing as a process of finding the right form for a given story. Each project begins with a reflection on what medium—poetry, prose, screenwriting, or hybrid forms—best captures the emotional and structural dimensions of the idea. I am particularly interested in liminal forms that exist between traditional categories, such as prose that incorporates rhythmic and poetic structures, or poetry that engages with scholarly or narrative modes without adhering to conventional stanza or rhyme patterns.

This interest in form reflects my own experiences of queerness and disability, where boundaries between categories are fluid, negotiated, and often unstable. By working across and between genres, I aim to create pieces that not only tell stories, but embody the complexities of the identities they explore.

My current and future work spans poetry collections, personal essays and letter collections, screenplays, and longer-form fiction. I am particularly interested in projects that explore the relationship between queerness and religion, the emotional and cultural landscape of the AIDS crisis in New York City, and the intersections of identity, memory, and place.

Published Work

Hiding in the Pews

Williams, M. (2019). Reflection, Gonzaga University Student Press.

A rhyming prose reflection on queerness, religion, and the experience of navigating identity within christian faith communities.

My Hands

Williams, M. (2018). Charter, Gonzaga University Student Press.

A scholarly semi-rhyming poem empathizing with the experiences of illegal immigrants in crossing the Mexico-US border through the desert.

Hard Deep Breaths

Williams, M. (2018). The Fringe, Gonzaga University.

A visually structured meditation on embodiment, disability, and the experiences of inhabiting a body under pressure, in the context of authentic masculinity and vulnerability.

Works in Progress

My current creative work is expanding into longer-form and multi-genre projects, including poetry collections, letter collections, and screenplays.

I am particularly interested in exploring:

• the intersections of queerness and religion, including narratives set in spaces such as Sheridan Square with western and historical influences
• the emotional and cultural landscape of the AIDS crisis in New York City
• the relationship between identity and discipline, including projects centered on mathematics and creative practice
• body horror and fantasy as frameworks for exploring transformation and embodiment

Across all of these projects, I continue to focus on selecting the medium that best serves the story being told.

Across all of these projects, I continue to explore how form, medium, and narrative can work together to express experiences that resist simple categorization.