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SUMMARY:Writing Our Own Queer Histories: Jonathan Alexander & Pamela Sneed (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:In this reading and conversation\, Pamela Sneed and Jonathan Alexander talk about their recent writing as well as what it’s like to work with memory in writing about queer lives. From grappling with the legacies of AIDS to connecting with ongoing histories of class and racial trauma\, Sneed and Alexander discuss the power of writing queerly about our lives\, loves\, communities\, histories\, and futures. \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. \nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel \n  \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. \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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nJonathan Alexander is a writer and podcaster living in Southern California. His previous creative nonfiction includes Creep: A Life\, a Theory\, an Apology\, a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award in 2018; Bullied: The Story of an Abuse; and Stroke Book: The Diary of a Blindspot. He is Chancellor’s Professor of English at the University of California\, Irvine.   \n  \nPamela Sneed is a New York-based poet\, performer\, visual artist\, and educator. She is the author of Funeral Diva (City Lights Books\, 2020)\, Sweet Dreams (Belladonna*\, 2018)\, KONG (Vintage Entity Press\, 2009)\, Imagine Being More Afraid of Freedom than Slavery (Holt\, 1998)\, and others. Sneed has performed the Whitney Museum\, Brooklyn Museum\, Poetry Project\, The High Line\, the New Museum\, and the Toronto Biennale. She appears in Nikki Giovanni’s “The 100 Best African American Poems\,” and has been nominated for two Pushcart Prizes.
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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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