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SUMMARY:Crossings: Creative Ecologies of Cruising\, by João Florêncio & Liz Rosenfeld—Book Launch (in person only)
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate the publication of João Florêncio & Liz Rosenfeld’s new book Crossings: Creative Ecologies of Cruising. A creative dialogue between a queer artist and a queer academic reminiscing about and thinking with their cruising experiences\, Crossings takes queer sex practices and cultures seriously as ways of knowing and world-making. The result is an erotic hybrid form hovering between scholarship and avant-garde experimentation\, between critical manifesto and sex memoir. Here\, the voices of each author\, merged together in one\, invite the reader to inhabit the erotic spacetime between self and other\, the familiar and the strange\, desire and pleasure\, climax and release. That is\, the spaces and temporalities of cruising itself. \n  \n“Finally\, a book about cruising that is actually about friendship—sex and sensibility\, desire as gateway to more connection\, more critical engagement\, more dreaming. Yes\, Crossings rescues cruising from the drudgery of hyper-individualist masculinist posturing\, invoking the sweet caress of ruined bodies against policing in all its forms. Guidebook\, ode\, invocation\, and creative intervention\, it’s all here in this tender faggotry.” \n—Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore\, author of Touching the Art \n  \nThe event will feature introductory words by Shaka McGlotten and Grace Lavery\, followed by a performance reading of book excerpts by the authors\, and a book signing. \n  \nTo reserve a copy of CROSSINGS (Rutgers University Press\, April 15\, 2025\, paperback\, $22.95)\, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve CROSSINGS for April 18th” in the subject line. \n  \nThe 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. \n\nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \n\nThe Bureau will solicit donations at the beginning of the event—we especially encourage donations from those who do not plan to purchase any books. \nAll are welcome to attend\, with or without a donation. \n\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  \nJOÃO FLORÊNCIO is professor of gender studies and chair of the sex media and sex cultures research area at Linköping University\, Sweden. He is the author of Bareback Porn\, Porous Masculinities\, Queer Futures: The Ethics of Becoming-Pig. \nLIZ ROSENFELD is an interdisciplinary artist\, writer\, and educator. Born in New York City\, they are based in Berlin. \nGRACE LAVERY is a writer and academic. She is the author of several books\, including Pleasure and Efficacy: Of Pen Names\, Cover Versions\, and Other Trans Techniques. \nShaka McGlotten is the author of Dragging: Or\, in the Drag of a Queer Life and Virtual Intimacies: Media\, Affect\, and Queer Sociality. They teach media studies and anthropology at Purchase College-SUNY\, where they also serve as Chair of the Gender Studies program.
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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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