Author Jason Haaf reads from his debut novel, Harsh Cravings by Polari Press. Harsh Cravings is a diary style memoir influenced by Mary MacLane’s I Await the Devil’s Coming. Written over the course of 90 days, it is a reflection of what it is to navigate a queer life, marriage and memories in New York City in 2020.

Copies of Haaf’s Harsh Cravings ($15) are currently available for purchase at the Bureau and will be available at the event. Or purchase on the Bureau’s online store (click link above).

To reserve a copy, please email us at contact@bgsqd.com

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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 on the Bureau’s YouTube channel

Safety protocol

In an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19:

If you have any symptoms associated with COVID-19 in the days leading up to the event, we ask you to please stay home.

Please note that masks are required at all times inside The LGBT Community Center, where the Bureau is located.

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.

Jason Haaf is a writer living in Brooklyn, NY. His works have appeared in “Hello Mr.” magazine, “Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics & Poetry” and “The Trapartisan Review.” He is the editor and contributor of “Bent Book: a queerish anthology.”