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SUMMARY:JesusDevil: New York Launch with Alexis De Veaux and J. Wortham (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:JesusDevil: The Parables\, synthesizes a lifetime of Alexis’s movement through genre\, resulting in her boldest statement on form\, alternate worldmaking\, and black queer life to date. For this New York launch event\, Alexis will read from JesusDevil\, and then join a discussion with writer J. Wortham about the book and its expansive\, black queer imaginings. \nEvocative and experimental\, JesusDevil: The Parables is a nonlinear tale of black life and spiritual expression. Writing in a style she calls “afiction\,” author Alexis De Veaux expands and moves beyond traditional narrative\, following the adventures of Fhill\, a black\, queer spirit who has taken human form. Neither male nor female\, Fhill moves fluidly and disruptively across concepts of identity\, passing through the nine “parables” that comprise this text. Examining aspects of what it means to be black and human—from a nonhuman perspective—Fhill’s liminal nature redefines social and literary categories\, exploring social constructions of blackness as well as themes of desire\, memory\, sex\, revenge\, and more. \nCopies of JesusDevil: The Parables  will be available for purchase at the event. We strongly encourage you to reserve a copy in advance so that we can be sure to have enough on hand. Please email us at contact@bgsqd.com with “Reserve JesusDevil”  in the subject line. \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \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 at YouTube.com/@bgsqd \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 on Venmo @bgsqd. \nAlexis De Veaux is a black queer feminist independent scholar whose internationally known work is published in six languages. She has been publishing fiction\, poetry\, plays\, memoirs\, and children’s literature since 1973\, and her work is anthologized in numerous collections. De Veaux is the author of Yabo and Warrior Poet: A Biography of Audre Lorde; and was tenured faculty at the University at Buffalo\, Department of Women’s Studies\, for more than twenty years\, mentoring a new generation of interdisciplinary scholars of black\, feminist\, and queer studies. \nJ Wortham (they/them) is a sound healer\, reiki practitioner\, herbalist\, and community care worker oriented towards healing justice and liberation. They are also a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine\, and co-host of the podcast ‘Still Processing\,’ With Kimberly Drew\, they co-edited Black Futures\, a visual anthology and compendium of radical\, imaginative\, and provocative art by contemporary Black creators.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/jesusdevil-new-york-launch-with-alexis-de-veaux-and-j-wortham-in-person-live-streaming/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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