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The Fig Thief : Gabriella M. Belfiglio’s Debut Poetry Book Bash at the Bureau, Sunday, December 14th, 3-6pm.
Please join us as we celebrate with readings, antics, and all-around fun, featuring the poet and special guests Donna Minkowitz and Annie Lanzillotto!
To reserve a copy of The Fig Thief (Guernica Editions, October 1, 2025, paperback, $17.95) please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve a copy of The Fig Thief for Dec. 14 event” in the subject line.
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 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
Even better: sign up to make a monthly tax-deductible donation to the Bureau!
Thank you for committing to sustaining this vital project!
Gabriella M. Belfiglio is the author of the poetry collection, The Fig Thief. She is a winner of the W.B. Yeats Poetry Contest. Belfiglio has writing published in the award-winning anthology Poetic Voices Without Borders, The Potomac Review, Folio, The Monterey Poetry Review, The Centrifugal Eye, and Lambda Literary Review, among other places.
She is a queer artist and teacher and mother living in New York City.