BGSQD
BGSQD
Join us Friday, December 12th, 2025 at 7 PM EDT for the Office Hours Fall 2025 Showcase Reading, a hybrid event (both in person readers & virtual). In person readers will gather at the Bureau of General Services–Queer Division and virtual readers will appear on a screen. Current fellows from the Office Hours Poetry Workshop will read sparkling new work they developed in the Fall 2025 cohort.
Office Hours Poetry Workshop is a community-run organization for poets with a dedicated commitment to writing. We particularly hold space for LBGTQ+, POC, and femme-identified writers.
List of readers:
In person:
Dina Abdulhadi
Suzanne Highland
Megan Murtha
Sarah M. Sala
J. Freeborn
Abba Belgrave
Donauta Watson
Michael M. Weinstein
On Zoom:
Shakeema Smalls
James Fujinami Moore
Ryan Dzelzkalns
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:
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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