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SUMMARY:lesbian book club (in person only)
DESCRIPTION:We’ll be reading fiction and non-fiction — classic\, contemporary\, revealing and visionary. As a group we will decide what to read each month\, focusing on lesbian authors and/or related topics. Co-founded by lesbian book lovers Judi Komaki and Piper Olsen. \n\n\nFor October 12th\, the lesbian book club will read Audre Lorde’s Sister Outsider. \nPurchase Sister Outsider from the Bureau before October 12th and receive a 15% discount ($15.29 instead of $17.99)! Just mention the lesbian book club when you purchase the book. \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \n\n  \nFor our November 9th meeting\, we’ll read Divagaciones II\, by our very own member Jaqueline Jimenez Polanco! Copies will be available at the October 10th meeting and will remain available at the Bureau after the 10th. \n  \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. 
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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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SUMMARY:Representing Ourselves: Queer Short Stories (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Join Jarrod Campbell and Matthew Lansburgh for a reading from their story collections and a discussion about the importance of representing queerness in fiction\, why this need for honest\, varied representation has brought us here and where these bold portrayals will take us. \n  \nThis event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, 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 \nSuggested donation to benefit the Bureau: $10. \nAll are welcome to attend\, with or without a 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 \n  \nJarrod Campbell is a writer living in the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington\, DC. His fictions\, essays\, reviews and poetry have appeared in Heavy Feather Review\, Northwest Review\, Modern Literature\, Wicked Gay Ways\, and Boner World (Berlin). His collection of short stories\, The Reason I’m Here\, (June 2023\, Stalking Horse Press)\, was listed as an anticipated June LGBTQIA+ read by Lambda Literary. \n  \nMatthew Lansburgh‘s collection of linked stories\, Outside Is the Ocean\, won the Iowa Short Fiction Award and was a finalist for the 30th Annual Lambda Literary Award and the Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBTQ Fiction. His fiction has appeared in journals such as One Story\, VQR\, New England Review\, Glimmer Train\, Ecotone\, Epoch\, Alaska Quarterly Review\, Electric Literature\, StoryQuarterly\, Columbia Journal\, Guernica\, and Michigan Quarterly Review\, and has been shortlisted in the Best American Short Stories series (in 2018 & 2022) and the Pushcart Prize series (in 2017). \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/representing-ourselves/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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