Grover
Wehman-Brown
Dr. Grover Wehman-Brown is a writer and narrative strategist whose projects help people metabolize difficult topics and understand their role in complex systems.
They are the co-founder and executive publisher of Trope and Swagger Press, a micro-press launching queer romance novels into the world and provide custom publishing services through their creative studio, Strategic Creations.
Follow Grover’s work via LinkedIn or their newsletter, You’ve Got Mail (only Butch and Platonic).
Where they’ve been
Grover facilitating a narrative shift project with leaders at Orange County United to End Homelessness. Image by Marie-Pier Frigon.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.
For more than a decade, Grover’s research, communications, narrative strategy, and training work supported organizations working for housing, racial, and economic justice in the United States.
What they’ve made
the Stay or Go Workbook
Grover is 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.
published essays + poems
Their essays and poems have 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.
as Archer Bruin
They are also the author of queer romance novels under the pen name Archer Bruin, including The Lookout and the forthcoming Field Guide to Flying.
Masculine Birth Ritual Podcast
Masculine Birth Ritual, created from 2018-2019, shared stories from masculine-of-center queer & trans parents, faith leaders, artists, and support workers. It was used in dozens of doula and midwife training curricula and supported new and expecting parents until 2026, when it was archived given changing information about gender and care in the United States.
Grover Reads the News Podcast
Grover Reads the News (2024-2025) was a one-year experiment - launched the week before Trump's re-election - that delivered weekly news summaries rooted in calm, consent-based connection through an uncertain and overwhelming time.
Where they are
In 2025 Grover 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, and build life with their wife, Nova, and two amazing kids.
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