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SUMMARY:We Made It: The Testimony of Black Queer Writers with David Santos Donaldson & Robert Jones\, Jr. (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:“We Made It: The Testimony of Black Queer Writers”\nA conversation with novelists Robert Jones\, Jr. & David Santos Donaldson about their journeys being Black and queer in the world of publishing\, activism\, and following the legacies of Black queer artists. \nCopies of The Prophets & Greenland 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. \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. \nRobert Jones\, Jr. (formerly known as “Son of Baldwin”) is the author of The New York Times bestselling novel\, The Prophets\, which won the 2022 Publishing Triangle Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction\, and was a finalist for the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction. His work has been featured in The New York Times\, Essence\, Variety\, and The Paris Review\, as well as in the critically acclaimed anthologies Four Hundred Souls and The 1619 Project. You can subscribe for free to his newsletter\, Witness\, on Substack. \nDavid Santos Donaldson is the author of the novel Greenland\, a finalist for the 2023 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction and the 2023 Publishing Triangle Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction. He was raised in Nassau\, Bahamas\, and has lived in India\, Spain\, and the United States. Donaldson attended Wesleyan University and the Drama Division of the Juilliard School\, and his plays have been commissioned by the Public Theater. His writing has appeared in various magazines including Poets & Writers\, Literary Hub\, Electric Literature\, The Rumpus\, and the German literary magazine Geistesblüten.
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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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