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SUMMARY:lesbian book club reads The New Fuck You (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 our September 13th meeting\, we’ll read The New Fuck You: Adventures in Lesbian Reading\, edited by Eileen Myles and Liz Kotz (Semiotext(e)\, paperback\, 1995\, $14.95). Purchase a copy before September 13th\, and receive a 15% discount ($12.70 instead of $14.95). Just mention the lesbian book club when making your purchase. \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \n\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:Double Take: Two Voices\, One Night: An Evening of Readings and Conversation with Franklin Abbott and Vinny Cusenza (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening of readings and conversation with Franklin Abbott and Vinny Cusenza \nFranklin Abbott will celebrate his poetic memoir My Ordinary Life \nMy Ordinary Life is as therapeutic as it is poetic with an affirmation of trauma that begins to allow it to surface and be healed.\nInterwoven are stories of friends who were lost\, the pain and fear of isolation\, the confusion of the world opening and closing again. Abbott interweaves his own aging\, the deaths of both of his parents and the growing awareness and appreciation of the simple gifts of everyday life. \nVincent Cusenza celebrates the publication of his historical/thriller/romance debut novel Blood and Soil. \nThe only things that closeted Columbia undergrad Tony has in common with Jake\, a mixed-race mountaineer with bad love luck\, are his bone-bred biases and a raw attraction that defies his notions of happiness. \nThey meet in August 1960 in the Highlands\, a hidden outpost of Appalachia on Manhattan’s doorstep\, where summer colonists from the city\, struggling locals\, and an insular mountain tribe uneasily coexist. Eddie\, a troubled rebel\, has just lost his girl to Jake’s brother\, and chafes under the thumb of his white-nationalist uncle\, Sheriff Schmidt\, who is locked in a racially charged reelection battle. \nThree mysterious murders and the sheriff’s cover-up of the crimes upend Tony and Jake’s lives and roil their clannish world. The two men find themselves pitted against Schmidt in a high stakes search for the truth\, and must confront their mutual distrust and the Highland’s Nazi past to save their bond and their very lives. \n  \nTo reserve a copy of My Ordinary Life (RFD Press\, April 23\, 2025\, paperback\, $19.95) and/or Blood and Soil (Pen and Pencil Press\, July 1\, 2025\, paperback\, $18.95) please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve My Ordinary Life and/or Blood and Soil for September 13 event” in the subject line. \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \nYou can also purchase both books (click on titles below) on our online shop at bookshop.com/shop/bgsqd: \nMy Ordinary Life \nBlood and Soil  \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. \n\n\nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \n\nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd \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 \nEven better: sign up to make a monthly tax-deductible donation to the Bureau! \n\nThank you for committing to sustaining this vital project! \n  \nVinny Cusenza co-wrote his first novel\, The Adventures of Pen and Pencil\, in fourth grade with his best friend Steve Drayzen. Besides novels\, he writes personal and travel essays\, memoir\, and epistolary meditations on his place in the world. He has won awards for his photography\, founded a small New England inn\, sang with Liza Minnelli onstage in Central Park\, and herded rhinos. Vinny lives in Park Slope\, Brooklyn with husband Steve and Neko\, their transsexual cat. \n  \nFranklin Abbott is the editor of three anthologies on men and masculinity\, a CD of original songs and poetry and 3 collections of poetry including his latest\, My Ordinary Life\, from RFD Press.  He is an original radical faerie\, a long-time community activist and founded the Atlanta Queer Literary Festival.  Abbott worked for over 40 years as a psychotherapist in private practice with special interest in spirituality\, medical trauma\, relationships and group dynamics.  A native Southerner he lives in Atlanta’s Decatur community.
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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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