Donatello Dreakford
Artist. Trans Man. Storyteller.
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My Debut Work:Man Enough For Myself
Man Enough For Myself is my debut literary work and the most personal work I’ve ever shared.It's a coming of age memoir in poems, and they don’t look away.They move through addiction, poverty, queerness, transition, and the weight of being Black in a world that would rather erase you. They tell of hunger and survival, of fathers and brothers, of chosen family, of learning to surface again after burying yourself.This is my story. And maybe, in these pages, you’ll find pieces of your own.
The First 184 Days
"People like us deserve a steady, ordinary kind of love, and the right for it to be seen.The First 184 Days is a record of how it begins. The small moments that turn into a life with someone. The late-night talks that slowly become promises. The quiet proof that love can be both soft and certain at once.Through poems, letters, and bits of narrative, this book traces the unfolding of a queer relationship over six months of change. He wrote most of it in secret while his partner slept or worked, collecting the tenderness and uncertainty that come with building something real. What began as a private gift became a portrait of devotion built on patience, presence, and the quiet bravery of being known and still chosen.The First 184 Days is a queer and trans love story told with truth and warmth. It is an invitation to believe that real love lives inside the ordinary days we keep choosing one another."
About
I’m Donatello, a Black trans man and an artist. I’ve worked, struggled, and survived more than I thought I would. Writing and creating in whatever way I can have been the ways I’ve stayed present and made sense of where I come from. I make things because it’s the only way I know how to tell the truth about what I’ve lived through!What matters most to me is honesty. My work doesn’t hide from the hard parts, but it also makes space for love, family, and the small moments that keep me here. Some of it’s heavy, some of it’s light, but all of it’s me.
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