Grover Wehman-Brown

You've Got Mail (only Butch and Platonic)

What's this newsletter? Well, it's like I'm on a boat; I'm parenting and creating through the sea of fascism/moving abroad/having a body in a complex world while tossing you letters in a bottle. I give a shit about infrastructure because I give a shit about people. If you do too, sign up to receive new stories and reflections, author updates, decision-making tools, and Grover-hosted upcoming events... right in your inbox.

Grover Wehman-Brown is a writer and narrative strategist whose projects help people metabolize and face difficult topics and understand their role in complex systems. They are the co-author of Should I Stay or Should I Go? A step-by-step workbook to help you decide if leaving the US is right for you.

Over the last decade, their communications, narrative strategy, and training work supported organizations working for housing, racial, and economic justice in the United States. They are now the co-founder and CEO of Strategic Creations, a creative agency that helps launch new projects into the world from their new home base in the Netherlands.

Dr. Wehman-Brown holds a PhD and MA in Communications from the University of North Carolina and a BFA in writing for Poetry, Publication and Media from the Pratt Institute. In 2025 they relocated their home-base from Western Massachusetts to the Netherlands. Here, they joyfully haul groceries and furniture on their bicycle, walk their energetic dog Tater Tot, write, create, and build life with their wife, Nova, and two amazing kids.

Publications

Grover’s writing on homelessness, gender, sexuality, and cultural politics has been published in venues such as Autostraddle, Huffington Post, Writers Resist, Street Spirit, Gertrude Press, the Establishment, Ghost Heart Literary Journal, Journal of Space and Culture, and QED: A Journal of LGBTQ Worldmaking.

Grover has created and hosted two podcast projects:

Masculine Birth Ritual, created in 2018-2019, shared stories from masculine-of-center queer & trans parents, faith leaders, artists, and support workers. It is now used in doula and midwife training curricula and continues to support new and expecting parents.

Grover Reads the News (2022-2025) was a one-year experiment - launched the week before Trump's re-election - that delivered news summaries rooted in calm, consent-based connection.

See the PRESS KIT for the Stay or Go Workbook for more information, including contact.

Projects