BGSQD
BGSQD
Slip into something comfortable and join us for an Easy Sunday that’s equal parts poetry, pleasure, and provocation. Bryan Borland, poet, publisher, and founder of Sibling Rivalry Press, and Anthony DiPietro, unapologetic gay sex poet and arts provocateur, will read from their newest books and trade conversation about poetry as resistance, as seduction, as bridge-building and boundary-burning.
To reserve a copy of Bryan Borland’s chapbook Crow in the Desert and/or Brotherful (Sibling Rivalry Press, July 30, 2025, paperback, $18) and/or Anthony DiPietro’s Kiss & Release (Unsolicited Press, February 13, 2024, paperback, $17.95) please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve book(s) for September 28 event” in the subject line and let us know which title(s) in the body of the email.
Thank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us!
This event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center, 208 W. 13th St., NYC, 10011.
Registration is not required. Seating is first come, first served.
The Bureau will solicit donations at the beginning of the event—we especially encourage donations from those who do not plan to purchase any books.
All are welcome to attend, with or without a donation.
We will pass a bag for donations at the start of the event, but we can also take credit card donations at the register or on Venmo @BGSQD
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Bryan Borland, poet and publisher of the groundbreaking and impactful Sibling Rivalry Press, is the author of multiple collections of poetry, including DIG (Stillhouse Press), which was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in Gay Poetry and a Stonewall Honor Book as chosen by the American Library Association. His latest publications are the chapbook Crow in the Desert (Queer Punk Collective) and the full-length collection of poetry Brotherful (Sibling Rivalry Press). He is also founding editor of Assaracus: A Journal of Gay Poetry, returning to print in the fall of 2025. For more, visit www.bryanborland.com.
Anthony DiPietro is a gay sex poet and arts administrator originally from Providence, Rhode Island. A graduate of Brown University with honors in creative writing, he also earned a creative writing MFA at Stony Brook University. Now serving as deputy director of the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University, he resides in Worcester, MA. He has a chapbook, And Walk Through (Seven Kitchens Press, 2021), and his debut collection, kiss & release (Unsolicited Press, 2024), was longlisted for a Mass Book Award in Poetry. For more, www.AnthonyWriter.com and Instagram @ant.providence.