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SUMMARY:Chasers: Stephen Ira\, Liam O’Brien\, Kay Gabriel\, Caspar Heinemann (in person event)
DESCRIPTION:Stephen Ira\, Kay Gabriel\, Liam O’Brien\, Caspar Heinemann: old leftist trans poet friends together at the reading podium for the first time. O’Brien\, Ira\, and Gabriel\, former editors of the landmark trans poetry magazine Vetch\, come together with their friend Heinemann as he arrives from across the Atlantic from Glasgow. Together\, they’ll read poems\, reminisce\, and celebrate the recent release of Ira’s chapbook Chasers on New Michigan Press.\n\n\n\n  \nThis 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. \nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \nSafety protocol \nIn an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19: \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\n\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. \n  \nStephen Ira is a poet and performer raised in LA and living in New York. His chapbook Chasers recently came out on New Michigan Press. Favorite appearances include Poetry (Chicago)\, the Sundance Film Festival\, and the American Poetry Review. \n  \nLiam O’Brien grew up on a small island outside Seattle. He has recent work in New South and Electric Literature\, and is a co-founder of Vetch: A Magazine of Trans Poetry and Poetics. He received his MFA at the Iowa Writer’s Workshop.  \n  \nKay Gabriel is a poet and essayist. With Andrea Abi-Karam\, she co-edited We Want It All: An Anthology of Radical Trans Poetics (Nightboat\, 2020). She’s the author of Kissing Other People or the House of Fame (Rosa Press\, 2021) and A Queen in Bucks County (Nightboat Books\, 2022).  \n  \nCaspar Heinemann is a poet\, artist\, and academia-adjacent independent researcher based in Glasgow. Their research interests include critical mysticism\, gay biosemiotics\, illegitimate communisms\, and professional irreverence.
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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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