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SUMMARY:The Rainbow Book Fair Events at the Bureau (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:The New York Rainbow Book Fair is America’s longest-running LGBT book fair and the largest LGBT book event in the country.  It has grown every year since its beginning in 2009. It brings together thoughtful\, interesting people of all ages\, from early teens to those in their 70s and 80s\, from a spectrum of countries\, ethnicities\, gender identities\, and viewpoints. It attracts readers and writers\, of course\, but also publishers\, editors\, agents\, and media attention—people who have never experienced queer culture\, and others who have made it the focus of their lives. Rainbow Book Fair is open to the public\, with book discounts and giveaways. \nPlease join us for The Twelfth Annual Rainbow Book Fair\, which will take place in New York City on Saturday\, April 20th\, from noon until 6 PM\, at The LGBT Community Center. For more information on the biggest LGBT book event in the US\, please click here. \nThe Bureau will host readings throughout the day in conjunction with the Rainbow Book Fair. Details below. \n  \nNoon\nThe Publishing Triangle Hosts Judy Grahn \nin Conversation with Donna Minkowitz and JP Howard \n*** \n2:30 PM\nStay Black and Die: On Melancholy and Genius \nI. Augustus Durham + Brittnay L. Proctor in Conversation \nJoin the Bureau for a conversation with authors I. Augustus Durham and Brittnay L. Proctor to discuss Durham’s new book\, Stay Black and Die: On Melancholy and Genius (Duke University Press\, 2023). Examining the works of Frederick Douglass\, Ralph Ellison\, Marvin Gaye\, Octavia E. Butler\, and Kendrick Lamar\, Stay Black and Die chronicles the relationship between black “mothers” and “sons” to argue for the black feminine/maternal\, through the lens of abstraction\, as the site of melancholy and genius. \nTo reserve a copy of Stay Black and Die: On Melancholy and Genius (Duke University Press\, 2023\, paperback\, $28.95)\, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve Stay Black and Die for April 20th” in the subject line. \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \n  \n*** \n4 PM\nSamra Habib Reads \nSamra Habib (they/them) is a writer\, photographer\, and activist. Their bestselling memoir We Have Always Been Here is an exploration of faith\, art\, love\, and queer sexuality\, a journey that takes them to the far reaches of the globe to uncover a truth that was within them all along. It’s a triumphant memoir of forgiveness and family\, both chosen and not\, and a rallying cry for anyone who has ever felt out of place and a testament to the power of fearlessly inhabiting one’s truest self. \nAs a journalist they’ve covered topics ranging from fashion trends and Muslim dating apps to the rise of Islamophobia in the US. Their writing has appeared in The New York Times\, The Guardian\, and The Advocate\, and their photo project\, “Just Me and Allah\,” has been featured in Nylon\, i-D\, Vanity Fair Italia\, Vice\, and The Washington Post. Samra works with LGBTQ organizations internationally\, raising awareness of issues that impact queer Muslims around the world. \n  \n*** \n5 PM\nAndrea Lawlor Reads \nAndrea Lawlor teaches writing at Mount Holyoke College\, is the recipient of a 2020 Whiting Award for Fiction\, and has been awarded fellowships by Lambda Literary and Radar Labs. Their publications include a chapbook\, Position Papers (Factory Hollow Press\, 2016)\, and a novel\, Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl\, a 2018 finalist for the Lambda Literary and CLMP Firecracker Awards. Paul\, originally published by Rescue Press in 2017\, is out now from Vintage/Knopf (US) and Picador (UK & Ireland).
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/the-rainbow-book-fair-bureau-events-2024/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:Stay Black and Die: On Melancholy and Genius--I. Augustus Durham + Brittnay L. Proctor in Conversation (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Join the Bureau for a conversation with authors I. Augustus Durham and Brittnay L. Proctor to discuss Durham’s new book\, Stay Black and Die: On Melancholy and Genius (Duke University Press\, 2023). Examining the works of Frederick Douglass\, Ralph Ellison\, Marvin Gaye\, Octavia E. Butler\, and Kendrick Lamar\, Stay Black and Die chronicles the relationship between black “mothers” and “sons” to argue for the black feminine/maternal\, through the lens of abstraction\, as the site of melancholy and genius. \nTo reserve a copy of Stay Black and Die: On Melancholy and Genius (Duke University Press\, 2023\, paperback\, $28.95)\, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve Stay Black and Die for April 20th” 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 on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd \n  \nThis event is taking place in conjunction with the The Twelfth Annual Rainbow Book Fair\, held at The LGBT Community Center on Saturday\, April 20th\, from noon to 6 PM: \n“The New York Rainbow Book Fair is America’s longest-running LGBT book fair and the largest LGBT book event in the country.  It has grown every year since its beginning in 2009. It brings together thoughtful\, interesting people of all ages\, from early teens to those in their 70s and 80s\, from a spectrum of countries\, ethnicities\, gender identities\, and viewpoints.  It attracts readers and writers\, of course\, but also publishers\, editors\, agents\, and media attention—people who have never experienced queer culture\, and others who have made it the focus of their lives. Rainbow Book Fair is open to the public\, with book discounts and giveaways.” \n  \nI. Augustus Durham is an assistant professor of English at Lehman College\, CUNY\, whose research focuses on black study from the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries. His work has been published in Black Camera: An International Film Journal\, Palimpsest: A Journal on Women\, Gender\, and the Black International\, and Journal of Religion and Health; and an essay on the film Moonlight for an edited collection on the work of Tarell Alvin McCraney. Prior to his appointment at Lehman\, he was the President’s Postdoctoral Fellow in English at the University of Maryland\, College Park. Durham is at work on two new projects: an examination of a singer\, and a project on invention. \n  \nBrittnay L. Proctor is a researcher and writer of performance\, popular culture\, and sound/visual culture at the nexus of blackness\, gender\, and sexuality. She is Assistant Professor of Race and Media in the School of Media Studies at The New School (NY\, NY) and author of Minnie Riperton’s Come to My Garden (Bloomsbury Press: 33 1/3 Series). She is currently working on two book projects; one of which soundtrack’s black Southern migration to California during the Second Great Migration and the other\, which draws on LP records and Compact Disc’s (CD’s)\, to trace the sonic and visual discourses of gender and sexuality in funk music.
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