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SUMMARY:Anatomies of Want: Daniel W.K. Lee\, Travis Montez\, and Stephen S. Mills (in-person event)
DESCRIPTION:Poets Daniel W.K. Lee\, Travis Montez\, and Stephen S. Mills guide us through the terrain of wanting—from carnal to familial\, satiation to longing—reading from their oeuvres including works from their most recently published books Anatomy of Want (Lee)\, Objects In This Rearview Vol 03: Home/Again (Montez)\, and Not Everything Thrown Starts a Revolution (Mills). \nThis is an in-person event taking place at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, in room 210 of The LGBT Community Center\, 208 West 13th Street\, NYC. \nIf you are unable to join us at the Bureau\, you can live-stream the event on the Bureau’s YouTube channel. \n  \nSafety protocol: \nIn an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19: \nPlease bring proof of vaccination with you.\nYou will need to show proof of vaccination and a photo id in order to attend the event.\nIf you have any symptoms associated with COVID-19 in the days leading up to the event\, we ask you to please stay home. \nPlease note that masks are required at all times inside The LGBT Community Center\, where the Bureau is located. \n  \nSuggested donation $10 to benefit the Bureau’s work. \nAll are welcome to attend\, with or without donation. \nWe 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. \nThanks for your support! \n  \nCopies of Anatomy of Want (Lee)\, Objects In This Rearview Vol 03: Home/Again (Montez)\, and Not Everything Thrown Starts a Revolution (Mills) will all be available for purchase at the event\, and both Lee’s and Mills’s books are available for purchase on our online store. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nPurchase Daniel W.K. Lee’s Anatomy of Want (Queer Mojo\, 2019\, paperback\, $12.95) from the Bureau’s online store. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nPurchase Stephen S. Mills’s Not Everything Thrown Starts a Revolution (Sibling Rivalry Press\, 2018\, paperback\, $18) from the Bureau’s online store.\nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \n  \nReaders’ biographies: \nBorn in Kuching\, Malaysia\, Daniel W.K. Lee is a third-generation refugee going back to China via Vietnam and Malaysia. Raised in Chicagoland\, Daniel moved to New York City in 1996 where he earned a BA at NYU and an MFA in Creative Writing – Poetry at The New School. Daniel relocated to Seattle in 2014 and after a little over five years in the Pacific Northwest\, he and his whippet Camden moved to New Orleans in December 2019 soon after the publication of his debut collection of poetry Anatomy of Want by Queer Mojo/Rebel Satori Press. Find out more about him at danielwklee.com \n  \nTravis Montez is a writer\, poet\, professor and juvenile rights attorney\, representing children in the Family Court system of New York City. Born and raised in Nashville\, Tennessee\, Montez came to NYC in the late 90s to attend NYU where he pursued degrees in Journalism and Africana Studies. It was there that he was first introduced to spoken word poetry. Since then\, Travis Montez has performed in venues all over the world\, released seven collections of poetry and a spoken word album. His latest release\, Objects In This Rearview Vol 03: Home/Again is now out and will be available for purchase at the reading. \n  \nStephen S. Mills (he/him/his) is the author of the Lambda Award-winning book He Do the Gay Man in Different Voices (2012) as well as A History of the Unmarried (2014) and Not Everything Thrown Starts a Revolution (2018) all from Sibling Rivalry Press. He earned his MFA from Florida State University. His work has appeared in The American Poetry Review\, Columbia Poetry Review\, The Antioch Review\, PANK\, The New York Quarterly\, The Los Angeles Review\, The Rumpus\, and others. He is also the winner of the 2008 Gival Press Oscar Wilde Poetry Award and the 2014 Christopher Hewitt Award for Fiction. Two of his books were placed on the Over the Rainbow List compiled yearly by the American Library Association. An excerpt from his play Men Like Us was featured as part of Pride Plays in June of 2020. He is on the faculty of the low-residency MFA program at Goddard College. He lives in New York City with his partner and two schnauzers. Website: stephensmills.com
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LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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