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Jeremy Sorese will be reading from his new book The Short While, a Queer Science Fiction graphic novel which will be followed by a conversation with cartoonist Lale Westvind—about Science Fiction and Queerness and Comics. An author signing will follow with copies of the book available to purchase–you can also purchase the book on the Bureau’s online store.
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.
If you can’t join us in person, watch the live-stream of the event on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzrAvfZMDF_ilmUH0CBn5iA
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 or you can donate in advance on this page.
After graduating from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2010, Jeremy Sorese (b. 1988) was accepted to La Maison des Auteurs, a residency program in Angoulême, France, where he worked from 2012 through 2013. His first book Curveball, published with Nobrow in 2015, was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award. A sequel, The Short While, was published with Archaia in November 2021. He’s been teaching art for eleven years; Elementary School children in Chicago, Middle Schoolers in Brooklyn, college students at the Maryland Institute College of Art and most recently at The New School, School of Visual Arts and The Animation Workshop in Viborg, Denmark.
Lale Westvind (b.1987) is a cartoonist and animator. Her work has been published in magazines and anthologies such as Kramers Ergot (USA), Best American Comics (USA), Bomb Magazine (USA), The Lifted Brow (AUS), Strapazin (SWZ), and Lagon Revue (FR). Her animation work has shown internationally at festivals, galleries, and the New Museum in New York City. Her music video for Lightning Bolt’s “Metal East” won an award at Leeds International Film Festival in 2015. Lale was lucky enough to be a guest artist and lecturer at comics residencies in France, Germany and Russia in 2019. Lale Westvind has a passion for motorcycles, movement and working with her hands. She currently teaches at Parsons School of Design in New York City.