NYC launch for Eric A. Stanley‘s new book Atmospheres of Violence: Structuring Antagonism and the Trans/Queer Ungovernable (Duke UP). Join Eric and Tourmaline for a conversation around the state’s structuring violence, abolitionist escape plans, riotous philosophy in action, and much more.

Copies of Atmospheres of Violence (Duke University Press, 2021, paperback, $24.95) are available at the Bureau’s physical and online stores.

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.
Also live-streaming at YouTube.com/@bgsqd

Suggested donation $10 to benefit the Bureau’s work.

All are welcome to attend, with or without 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.

Eric A. Stanley is the author of Atmospheres of Violence Structuring Antagonism and the Trans/Queer Ungovernable and the co-editor of Trap Door: Trans Cultural Production and the Politics of Visibility and Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex.

Tourmaline is an artist, filmmaker, cultural producer, writer, and activist whose practice highlights the experiences of Black, queer, and trans communities and their capacity to impact the world.