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SUMMARY:To: All The Friends I Killed  with Joshua  Bookman & Cary Alan Johnson  (online event)
DESCRIPTION:Join us online to celebrate the launch of Joshua Kent Bookman‘s second novel To: All The Friends I Killed along with writer Cary Alan Johnson.  \nAfter the death of his best friend\, a young man vanishes from the United States\, seeking a fresh start in France. He stumbles upon work at a vineyard\, and thinks he has found a way out in a land of ancestral beauty. \nBut he quickly discovers Europe alone can’t solve his problems. Haunted by his past\, he has to come to terms with his own and his society’s expectations of adulthood. Dark enchanted truths about love and friendship complicate the story of how he lost his best friend- a sister\, a girlfriend\, a lodestar. \nIn this coming-of-age novel\, we are faced with the life choices of the millennial generation\, the postponement of traditional benchmarks in our twenties\, and the queer or asexual attitude towards contemporary loneliness. \nRegistration on Eventbrite required in order to gain access to the Zoom link. \nClick here to register\nSuggested donation of $5 to benefit the Bureau. \nYou can make a donation when you register on Eventbrite. Thank you for supporting the Bureau! \nAll are welcome to join\, with or without a donation. \nOnce you have registered on Eventbrite you will receive an email with the link you need to join the event on Zoom – or you can simply return to the Eventbrite page and click on “Access the event.” But you will only be able to access this AFTER you have registered. \nOtherwise you can watch the live-stream of the event on the Bureau’s YouTube channel. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nCopies of To: All The Friends I Killed are also available at the Bureau’s physical store. \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \nJoshua Kent Bookman (1990) was born in Boston\, Massachusetts\, and reformed by life and work in Sweden\, France\, and Italy. Previous published works include Fruits of Mer (Paulette Éditrice)\, close to elsewhere\, Hitom\, and Some Reverse American Dreams (LYS Förlag). To: All The Friends I Killed is Bookman’s second novel.  \nCary Alan Johnson is an author\, activist and Africanist raised in Brooklyn. He has a Bachelor’s degree from Sarah Lawrence College and a Master’s degree in International Affairs from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. A long-time innovator in queer politics and cultural activism\, he was a founder of several ground-breaking organizations\, including the Blackheart Collective\, Gay Men of African Descent\, Other Countries\, and the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission. A public health and HIV specialist\, Cary is currently the country director for Population Services International in Burundi.
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LOCATION:Online event\, New York\, NY\, United States
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