Local queer writers and longtime friends of the Bureau Jerome Ellison Murphy and Lonely Christopher join poet-performer Dazié Grego-Sykes, who is visiting from the Bay Area to participate in a show at the Park Armory. Live and in person!

Safety protocol:

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

Please bring proof of vaccination with you.

You will need to show proof of vaccination and a photo id in order to attend the event.

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.

Purchase a copy of Dazié Grego-Sykes‘s Black Faggotry (Nomadic Press, 2020, paperback, $12) from the Bureau’s online store.

Copies of Dazié Grego-Sykes‘s Black Faggotry will also be available for purchase at the event.

Thank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us!

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 you can donate in advance on Eventbrite.

Jerome Ellison Murphy is a poet and critic based in New York City. He earned his MFA from the Creative Writing Program at New York University, where he currently serves as Undergraduate Programs Manager. His poetry appears or is forthcoming in LitHub, Narrative Magazine, Bellevue Literary Quarterly, The Cortland Review,Spunk Arts Journal, and elsewhere, and was recorded for NPR as part of the Poetry Well performance series. His critical writing has appeared in The Yale Review, LA Review of Books, Publishers Weekly, The Brooklyn Rail, and elsewhere. He warmly salutes the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division on a decade of service to the community.

Lonely Christopher is the author of five books, most recently the poetry collections Death & Disaster Series and In a January Would. He is the founding creative director of Inter Poets Theater, managing director of the Segue Foundation, and an editor for Roof Books. His plays have been presented in Canada, China, and the United States. His film credits include several international shorts and the feature MOM, which he wrote and directed. He works for homeless queer youth and lives in Brooklyn.

Dazié Rustin Grego-Sykes is an Oakland, California based performance artist and poet. He holds a B.A. from The Experimental Performance Institute and an M.F.A. in Interdisciplinary Arts and Writing from the California Institute of Integral Studies. Dazié is most notably known for writing, performing and touring his award-winning solo plays Nigga-Roo and Am I A Man. Currently he is working as an Associate Artistic Director for Skywatchers a community-based performance art ensemble in San Francisco. Look for his original collection of poetry titled Black Faggotry and his debut spoken-word album titled Make Me Black. www.DazieGrego.com