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SUMMARY:Anaïs Duplan  & Joshua Escobar
DESCRIPTION:Anaïs Duplan & Joshua Escobar read from their new books\, Blackspace: on the Poetics of an Afrofuture and Bareback Nightfall.  \nThis is a free event\, but donations to support the Bureau’s work are very much appreciated! You can make a donation when you register for this event. Thank you for supporting the Bureau! \nClick here to register\n\nAnaïs Duplan is a trans* poet\, curator\, and artist. He is the author of a book of essays\, Blackspace: On the Poetics of an Afrofuture (Black Ocean\, 2020)\, a full-length poetry collection\, Take This Stallion (Brooklyn Arts Press\, 2016)\, and a chapbook\, Mount Carmel and the Blood of Parnassus (Monster House Press\, 2017). He has taught poetry at the University of Iowa\, Columbia University\, Sarah Lawrence College\, and St. Joseph’s College. His video works have been exhibited by Flux Factory\, Daata Editions\, the 13th Baltic Triennial in Lithuania\, Mathew Gallery\, NeueHouse\, the Paseo Project\, and will be exhibited at the Institute of Contemporary Art in L.A in 2021. As an independent curator\, he has facilitated curatorial projects in Chicago\, Boston\, Santa Fe\, and Reykjavík. He was a 2017-2019 joint Public Programs fellow at the Museum of Modern Art and the Studio Museum in Harlem. In 2016\, he founded the Center for Afrofuturist Studies\, an artist residency program for artists of color\, based at Iowa City’s artist-run organization Public Space One.  \n\nJoshua Escobar is the author of the chapbooks Caljforkya Voltage and xxox fm. He was a 2019 Shandaken: Storm King Fellow\, the Dean’s Fellow in Writing at the MFA Program at Bard College\, and a Merit Fellow at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism. He is a Regional Chair (California) for CantoMundo\, and he teaches at Santa Barbara City College. \n 
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SUMMARY:Felice Picano and Jim Provenzano on Gay Hollywood
DESCRIPTION:Best-selling author Felice Picano and Lambda Literary Award-winning author Jim Provenzano will discuss gay writers\, actors and directors in Hollywood framed through their two novels\, Picano’s Justify My Sins: A Hollywood Novel in Three Acts (Beautiful Dreamer Press\, 2019) and Provenzano’s Finding Tulsa (Palm Drive Publishing\, 2020).  \nWith two similar yet unique perspectives on the filmmaking industry told in gay fiction\, the two authors will share the inspiration for their new and recent novels. Both fully explore the behind-the-scenes process of film industry success –and failure– via two very different narrators.  \nAlong with his prolific authorship\, Picano has given PowerPoint lectures about historic LGBT figures in Hollywood more than a dozen times at colleges\, historical societies\, religious groups\, and major libraries across the U.S. and also in Canada.  \nIn addition to being an author\, Provenzano has been a photographer and journalist in LGBT media for three decades. His film experience includes production work on short films and numerous music videos in the 1980s. He also wrote and directed several plays and choreographed dozens of dance and multimedia works.  \nThis is a free event\, but donations of any amount to support the Bureau’s work are very much appreciated! You can make a donation when you register for the event. Thank you for your support! \nRegistration is required\n\nClick here to register\n  \nBoth Finding Tulsa and Justify My Sins are available for purchase on the Bureau’s online store! Thank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nFelice Picano is the author of 35 books of poetry\, fiction\, memoirs and nonfiction. His work is translated into 15 languages; several titles were national and international bestsellers\, including ‘The Lure\,’ ‘Like People in History’ and ‘The Book of Lies.’ Four of Picano’s plays have been produced. He’s considered a founder of modern gay literature\, along with other members of the Violet Quill. His most recent works include ‘True Stories: Portraits from My Past’ (2011)\, ‘Contemporary Gay Romances’ (2011)\, and ‘Twelve O’Clock Tales’ (2012). www.felicepicano.net \nJim Provenzano is the author of seven novels\, including ‘Finding Tulsa\,’ the 2012 Lambda Literary Award winner ‘Every Time I Think of You\,’ its sequel\, ‘Message of Love’ (a Lammy finalist)\, and the stage adaptation of his debut novel\, ‘PINS.’ His short fiction collection\, ‘Forty Wild Crushes’ was published in 2016. Degrees include a BFA in dance from Ohio State University and an MA in English from San Francisco State University. Born in New York City and raised in Ohio\, he lives in San Francisco. A journalist in LGBT media for three decades\, he also wrote the award-winning syndicated Sports Complex column for ten years. He is currently Culture Editor for the Bay Area Reporter. www.jimprovenzano.com
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SUMMARY:Greg Mania on his debut memoir BORN TO BE PUBLIC\, with John Glynn
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday\, November 19th at 6pm EST as Greg Mania discusses his debut memoir\, Born to Be Public\, with John Glynn. \n  \nThis event is free\, but donations to support the Bureau’s work are very much appreciated! You can make a donation when you register. Thanks for supporting the Bureau’s work! \nRegistration is required. \nClick here to register\n  \nBoth Born to Be Public and Out East: Memoir of a Montauk Summer are available for purchase on the Bureau’s online store. Click on links below. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \n  \n  \nGreg Mania is a writer\, comedian\, and award-winning screenwriter based in New York City. His words have been published in The New Yorker\, Vanity Fair\, O\, The Oprah Magazine\, PAPER\, among other international online and print platforms. His debut memoir\, Born to Be Public\, is out now from CLASH Books. \n  \nJohn Glynn is a writer and Senior Editor at Hanover Square Press. His writing has appeared in O\, The Oprah Magazine\, The Daily Beast and The Millions. His first book Out East: Memoir of a Montauk Summer was named a Cosmopolitan Best Book of 2019\, an O\, The Oprah Magazine Best LGBTQ Book of 2019\, a Newsweek Best Book of Summer\, and an Indie Next pick. He lives in Manhattan. \n 
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SUMMARY:TELL 67: Open Mic and Fundraiser for the Black Voters Matter!
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special open mic TELL to give voice to where we’re at right now. Preach to your queer comrades! Give us a little sermon on working for justice\, fighting for our lives\, living with uncertainty\, finding joy in the midst of pain\, loving ourselves and each other\, or whatever else is on your mind and in your heart. Let’s lift each other up as we raise funds for Black Voters Matter in the lead-up to the Georgia Senate runoffs on January 5\, 2021! \nTELL is an evening of story telling from the mouths and minds of queers in NYC hosted by Drae Campbell at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division since February 2014. \n  \nShow up (on Zoom) at 6 PM EST and sign up for a 5 minute spot to tell a story\, rant\, lead a song\, cry\, rage\, laugh or try and process 4 Seasons Total Landscaping stories… \nHosted as usual by Drae Campbell \nSuggested donation of $12 \nPay what you can \n95% of all donations for this event will go to the 501c3 arm of Black Voters Matter. \nThe remaining 5% will go to TELL’s founder and host\, Drae Campbell. \n  \nThis is an online event. Registration is required. \nClick here to register\n  \nThe Bureau will send out a link to the Zoom meeting to all who have registered on the day of the event. \nPhotograph by Grace Chu\nDrae Campbell is a writer\, actor\, director\, story teller\, dancer\, and nightlife emcee. Drae has been featured on Late Night with Conan O’Brien and on stages all over NYC. Drae’s directing work has appeared in Iceland\, NYC\, Budapest and in the San Francisco Fringe Festival. The short film Drae wrote and starred in with Rebecca Drysdale\, YOU MOVE ME won the Audience Award for Outstanding Narrative Short at OUTFEST 2010 and has been shown in festivals globally. Drae won the grand prize at the first annual San Miguel De Allende Storytelling Festival in Mexico. She once reigned as Miss LEZ and also got dubbed “the next lezzie comedian on the block” by AfterEllen.com for her comedic stylings on the interwebs. Campbell hosts and curates a monthly queer storytelling show called TELL at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division. Check her out online!  www.draecampbell.com. \n  \nBlack Voters Matter‘s goal is to increase power in marginalized\, predominantly Black communities. Effective voting allows a community to determine its own destiny. We agree with the words of Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr. when he said\, “Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice\, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.” \n  \n 
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