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SUMMARY:Bureau closed on Sundays October 3 and 10
DESCRIPTION:We apologize for any inconvenience and we hope we’ll see you soon! In the meantime please visit our online store\, which is always open!
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SUMMARY:Bureau closed on Sundays October 3 and 10
DESCRIPTION:We apologize for any inconvenience and we hope we’ll see you soon! In the meantime please visit our online store\, which is always open!
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211013T190000
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SUMMARY:BESPOKE IS BACK--MOVED TO ONLINE ONLY!
DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT HAS BEEN MOVED ONLINE! PLEASE JOIN US ON THE BUREAU’S YOUTUBE CHANNEL:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzrAvfZMDF_ilmUH0CBn5iA\nBespoke is back! Your favorite all queer\, all genre reading series returns to the Bureau (VIRTUALLY ONLY) this October 13th featuring three fantastic writers — Doug Dibbern\, Ricardo Hernandez\, and Janelle Lawrence! \nSuggested donation of $10 to benefit the Bureau’s work. We will pass a bag at the start of the event. But you are more than welcome to make a donation on Eventbrite when you register. Thank you for supporting the Bureau’s work! \nAll are welcome to join\, with or without a donation. \n  \nDoug Dibbern’s Cinema’s Doppelgängers (Punctum Books\, $25) will be available for purchase at the event. If you would like us to hold a copy for you or ship a copy to you\, please email us at contact@bgsqd.com. \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \n  \nDoug Dibbern’s second book\, Cinema’s Doppelgängers\,a work of speculative fiction in the guise of a scholarly history of film\, was published this summer by Punctum Books. His first book\, Hollywood Riots: Violent Crowds and Progressive Politics in American Film\, won the 2016 Peter Rollins Prize. He’s currently finishing what he hopes will become his third book\, which he refers to as either an “anti-memoir about his obsessive cinephilia” or a “Sebaldian rumination on the relationship between art\, genealogy\, and identity formation.” He’s also published cinema studies scholarship\, film criticism for “The Notebook” at Mubi.com\, and literary essays for journals like Chicago Quarterly Review and Hotel Amerika. He has a Ph.D. in Cinema Studies from New York University and teaches there now in the Expository Writing Program. \n  \nJanelle Lawrence is an Afro-Latinx interdisciplinary artist that investigates communal and individual strength with stories that explore the complex layers of perspective and perception. They have had their musicals presented at various Theaters such as Club Cumming\, Joe’s Pub\, Seattle Public Theatre\, Legoland NY and The REACH at the Kennedy Center. They have been residents of the 92nd St Y Musical Theatre Development Lab: Collective\, Greenhouse Residency SPACE on Ryder Farm resident and Barn Arts Hamilton Project Resident. They are a Juilliard School alumni\, and a 2020 Recipient of NBT’s Soul Series Lab – Playwriting Micro-Development Session. \n  \nRicardo Hernandez is recipient of fellowships from Lambda Literary\, Poets House\, and the Vermont Studio Center. His poems have appeared in MumberMag\, Muzzle Magazine\, Hyperallergic\, and other publications. A semifinalist for the 2019 Vinyl 45 Chapbook Contest\, Ricardo holds an MFA from Rutgers-Newark and lives in Jersey City. \nThis event is funded in part by Poets & Writers with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
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SUMMARY:Craft Class & Reading with Jen Hyde
DESCRIPTION:If storytelling is one of the first acts of literacy for young children (ages 0-3)\, as poets\, how do we use our gifts to inspire and connect with developing minds? What do our lines sound like when we write them for young people? How do we make use of abstraction\, or compelling images to convey a literal life lesson or learning moment? The purpose of this workshop is to start thinking about how an idea can translate to a picture book. We’ll look at examples including “One Leaf Rides the Wind” by Celeste Davidson Mannis\, “Daniel Finds a Poem” by Micha Archer\, and “The Day You Begin” by Jacqueline Woodson. This workshop will be one part story time\, one part discussion\, and one part active writing. We will draw on several storytelling forms in picture books to create an original story or poem for children in the 0-5 age group. Participants can bring an idea for a story or a poem you’d like to revise or rework together. The reading to follow is open to the public; feel free to bring your little ones! \n  \nRegistration on Eventbrite is required in order to receive the Zoom link for the event. \nClick here to register\nSuggested donation is $10 (but not required). All donations go directly to the course instructor. Writers of all backgrounds welcome. You can make a donation when you register on Eventbrite. \n  \nOffice Hours Poetry Workshop is a community-based writing workshop for poets who show a demonstrated commitment to writing. The workshop fellowship culminates in a public reading each fall and spring to showcase sizzling new work. We welcome all poets\, especially people of color\, LGBTQ+\, and those who are womxn-identified. Our Craft Classes are free and open to the public with RSVP. \n  \nJen Hyde is the author of Hua Shi Hua: Drawings and Poems from China. She is currently at work on a memoir about her heart defect and the women who’ve saved her life. Her work has been supported by fellowships from The Asian American Writer’s Workshop\, The Millay Colony\, Yaddo and Hedgebrook\, and she has written essays for The Los Angeles Times\, The Boston Globe\, Longreads\, and elsewhere. More at jenhyde.com
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SUMMARY:William E. Jones and Paul Moreno Flesh + Blood / For Your Pleasure
DESCRIPTION:This hybrid live and in person / virtual event brings together William E. Jones\, author of the new novel I Should Have Known Better\, and Paul Moreno\, artist whose show Problem Areas is currently on view at the Bureau. \nWilliam and Paul began an on-going discussion about art\, writing\, and culture\, queer and otherwise\, in 2019 when one of them slid into the other’s DMs. At this event the conversation will take place live and with an audience. William will read a selection from I Should Have Known Better\, and Paul will give a brief talk about his show. They will then chat about each other’s work in an impromptu fashion before taking questions from attendees in person or virtually. Paul will be talking live at the Bureau\, and William will be present virtually from Los Angeles. \nSafety protocol: \nIn an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19\, we are limiting the number of in-person attendees to 20. Registration on Eventbrite is required in order to attend. \nClick here to register\nIf you have any symptoms associated with COVID-19 in the days leading up to the event\, we ask you to please cancel your reservation so that others can attend. If all 20 reservations have been claimed and you would like to be placed on a wait list\, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com. \nPlease note that masks are required at all times inside The LGBT Community Center\, where the Bureau is located. \nIf you’re unable to join in person\, please join us online as we livestream this event onthe Bureau’s YouTube channel. \nPurchase Jones’sI Should Have Known Better(paperback\, $13.95) from the Bureau! \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \n 
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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:Forget Burial Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Join Marty Fink and Alex Juhasz for an intergenerational conversation about the ongoing legacy of HIV caregiving to celebrate the launch of Forget Burial: HIV Kinship\, Disability\, and Queer/Trans Narratives of Care. \nQueer and trans people in the 1980s and early ‘90s were dying of AIDS and the government failed to care. Lovers\, strangers\, artists\, and community activists came together to take care of each other in the face of state violence. This book uncovers how early HIV care-giving narratives actually shape how we continue to understand our genders and our disabilities today. \nSafety protocol: \nIn an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19\, we are limiting the number of attendees to 20. Registration on Eventbrite is required in order to attend. \nClick here to register\nIf you have any symptoms associated with COVID-19 in the days leading up to the event\, we ask you to please cancel your reservation so that others can attend. If all 20 reservations have been claimed and you would like to be placed on a wait list\, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com. \nPlease note that masks are required at all times inside The LGBT Community Center\, where the Bureau is located. \nIf you’re unable to join in person\, please join us online as we livestream this event on the Bureau’s YouTube channel. \nSuggested donation of $10 to benefit the Bureau’s work. We will pass a bag at the start of the event. But you are more than welcome to make a donation here when you register. Thank you for supporting the Bureau’s work! \nAll are welcome to join\, with or without a donation. \nPurchase Forget Burial: HIV Kinship\, Disability\, and Queer/Trans Narratives of Care (paperback\, $29.95) from the Bureau to have shipped to you or to pick up at the event. \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \nMarty Fink is an Associate Professor of Professional Communication at X University. They are the author of Forget Burial: HIV Kinships\, Disability\, and Queer/Trans Narratives of Care (Lambda finalist in LGBTQ non-fiction\, 2020) which investigates HIV activism past and present through the lens of caregiving. Fink’s work has appeared in journals including Television and New Media Studies\, The Journal of Medical Humanities\, Transgender Quarterly\, and Jump Cut. Fink’s work draws on homo archives and trans literature toward prison abolition and defunding the police. \nDr. Alexandra Juhasz is Distinguished Professor of Film at Brooklyn College\, CUNY. She makes and studies committed media practices that contribute to political change and individual and community growth. Author and/or editor since 1995 of scholarly books on activist media in light of AIDS (AIDS TV\, 1995 and AIDS and the Distribution of Crises\, 2020\, Duke)\, black lesbian and queer representation (Sisters in the Life\, Duke\, 2018)\, feminism (Women of Vision\, UMN\, 2001)\, and digital culture (Learning from YouTube\, MIT\, 2011\, Really Fake\, with Nishant Shah\, 2021\, U MN Press)\, Dr. Juhasz also makes videotapes on feminist issues from AIDS to teen pregnancy as well as producing the feature fakes The Watermelon Woman (Cheryl Dunye\, 1997) and The Owls (Dunye\, 2010). Her current work is on and about fake news and radical digital media literacy (fakenews-poetry.org).
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SUMMARY:Conjuring the Sacred: Poets of the Diaspora
DESCRIPTION:We’re not sure what the problem is with registering on Eventbrite today\, but please know that you can live-stream this event on the Bureau’s YouTube channel:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzrAvfZM\nJoin us for a free virtual celebration of Black poets\, living and writing in the diaspora. This magical lineup includes: Gbenga Adesina\, Kemi Alabi\, Romeo Oriogun and Candace Williams. These four contemporary scholars\, storytellers and archivists\, whose work expands the cannon\, will perform poems and offer their favourite poetry prompts to the audience. The program will be moderated by Omotara James and is brought to you by City Artists Corps Grant & NYFA. \nThis event is FREE\, but registration on Eventbrite is required in order to receive the Zoom link ON THE DAY OF THE EVENT. \nClick here to register\nGbenga Adesina\, Nigerian poet and essayist\, is the author of Painter of Water\, a haunting meditation on intimacy in the face of war and historical violence selected by Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani for the New Generation African Poets series. His work centers intimacy as a form of inquiry\, and the sea as archive and brutal border around which orbits the questions of empire\, migration\, and exile. He was a Goldwater Fellow at NYU where he received his MFA\, and was mentored by Yusef Komunyakaa. He was the 2020 Olive B.O’Connor Fellow at Colgate University\, where he taught a poetry class called\, “Song of the Human”. His work have been published in Prairie Schooner\, Harvard Review\, Academy of American Poets’ Poem-A-Day\, and the New York Times. He’s the winner of the 2020 Narrative Prize. (Author photo description: A person with a beard. Description automatically generated with medium confidence). \n  \nKemi Alabi was born on a Sunday in July. The author of Against Heaven (Graywolf Press\, 2022)\, selected by Claudia Rankine as winner of the Academy American Poets First Book Award\, their work appears in Poetry\, the Atlantic\, Best New Poets 2019\, The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 2\, and elsewhere. Alabi is coeditor of The Echoing Ida Collection (Feminist Press\, 2021) and lives in Chicago\, IL. (Author photo description: A person wearing glasses-description automatically generated with low confidence.) \n  \nRomeo Oriogun is the author of Sacrament of Bodies\, a finalist for the Lambda Award for Poetry. He currently lives in Ames where he is an Innovation Fellow at Iowa State University. \n  \nCandace Williams is a black queer nerd living a double life. By day\, they’re a middle school English teacher. By night\, they’re a poet. Their chapbook\, Spells for Black Wizards\, was a 2017 TAR Chapbook Series winner and published by the Atlas Review. The Dark Diary (formerly futureblack)\, their first full-length poetry manuscript\, was a 2018 National Poetry Series finalist and is forthcoming from Grieveland. \nThey’ve earned a MA in Elementary Education from Stanford University\, a Brooklyn Poets Fellowship\, Pushcart nominations\, as well as workshop scholarships from Cave Canem and the Fine Arts Work Center. They were a 2017 Create Change Fellow at the Laundromat Project. They’ve read their poetry\, given lectures\, and devised original performances at many venues including the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture\, Bushwick Starr Theater\, Poetry Project\, Eyebeam\, Dixon Place\, the New School\, and the New Museum. They are a member of CityLore’s Homer 2 Hip Hop Advisory Committee. (Author photo description: A picture containing person\, indoor. Description automatically generated.) \n  \nModerator: \nOmotara James is a multidisciplinary artist\, poet and editor\, based out of New York City. Her debut poetry collection is “Song of My Softening\,” slated for release in 2022\, with Alice James Books. (Author photo description: A picture containing person\, glasses\, indoor. Description automatically generated.) \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:Welcome to the Tori Vortex
DESCRIPTION:Ksenia M. Soboleva\, Samantha Nye\, and Catalina Schliebener will discuss their collaborative project Raspberry Swirl: Dyke Views on Tori\, which poses Tori Amos as a time-capsule into 1990s teenage rebellion\, queer alienation\, and femme aesthetics. Published by Lyeberry press\, the eponymous artist-book is the culmination of their deep dive into queer Tori fandom\, which they have coined the “Tori Vortex.” Led by Ksenia’s desire to theorize the lesbian obsession with Tori Amos\, Sam and Cata reflect on the ways in which their adolescence was marked by the redhaired musician\, and how these sensibilities have informed their current artistic practice. \n  \nMegan Milks will read from TORI AMOS BOOTLEG WEBRING\, their personal history of early online Tori fandom. In this second volume of Instar Books’ new Remember the Internet series\, Milks returns us to a world before “search” and “social media\,” a world still inventing the rules for being with one another online. Teenage Megan takes us on a journey from early listservs and personal fan pages to the most elite Tori Amos tape trading webring of 1998\, using their living room computer to navigate fandom friendships haunted with nascent queer meaning. \n  \nStephen van Dyck will read from PEOPLE I’VE MET FROM THE INTERNET\, a queer re-imagining of the coming-of-age narrative set at the dawn of the internet era\, taking the form of a very long annotated list. The book spans twelve years\, starting in 1997 when AOL is first entering suburban homes just as thirteen-year-old Stephen is coming into his sexuality\, constructing selves\, and cruising in the fantasyscape of the internet. Through strange\, intimate\, and sometimes perilous physical encounters with the hundreds of men he finds there\, Stephen explores the pleasures and pains of growing up\, contends with his mother’s homophobia and early death\, catalogues popular culture (Shirley Manson\, Annie Lennox\, and Tori Amos)\, and searches for glimpses of utopia in the available world. \n  \nSafety protocol:\nIn an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19 we ask that all attendees bring proof of vaccination and we are limiting the number of in-person attendees to 35. Registration on Eventbrite is required in order to attend. You will need to show proof of vaccination at the door.\nClick here to register\nIf you have any symptoms associated with COVID-19 in the days leading up to the event\, we ask you to please cancel your reservation so that others can attend. \nPlease note that masks are required at all times inside The LGBT Community Center\, where the Bureau is located. \n  \nKSENIA M. SOBOLEVA is a Russian-Tatar writer and art historian specializing in queer art and culture\, with a particular focus on lesbian (in)visibility. She holds a PhD from the Institute of Fine Arts\, NYU. \n  \nSAMANTHA NYE is a painter\, video installation artist and long-term Tori Amos lover living in Philadelphia. Samantha’s first solo show My Heart’s In A Whirl is currently on view at The Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston. \n  \nCATALINA SCHLIEBENER is a Sudamerican\, Chilean-born visual artist who works primarily with collage\, installation\, and murals. Schliebener’s work draws on images\, objects\, and narratives associated with childhood and explores gender\, sexuality\, and class. \n  \nMEGAN MILKS is the author of Tori Amos Bootleg Webring\, as well as Margaret and the Mystery of the Missing Body and Slug and Other Stories\, both out this fall from Feminist Press. \n  \nSTEPHEN VAN DYCK is the author of People I’ve Met from the Internet\, out now from Ricochet Editions. Stephen lives in Los Angeles.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/welcome-to-the-tori-vortex/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:Gay Literature Icon Felice Picano’s Only New York Appearance
DESCRIPTION:Felice Picano will read selections from his praised new novel\, Pursuit: A Victorian Entertainment and discuss the book and its companion volume\, Pursued: Lillian’s Story\, to be published in 2022. Both are fictional results of the author’s decades long research into gender and sexuality throughout history. Other periods of interest he is writing about are Pre-Homeric Greece\, and 18th Century Naples. Picano will also discuss his Sci Fi Trilogy\, City on a Star\, and its first two volumes\, Dryland’s End and The Betrothal at Usk. \nSafety protocol: \nIn an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19\, we are limiting the number of attendees to 20. Registration on Eventbrite is required in order to attend in person. \nClick here to register\nIf you have any symptoms associated with COVID-19 in the days leading up to the event\, we ask you to please cancel your reservation so that others can attend. If all 20 reservations have been claimed and you would like to be placed on a wait list\, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com. \nPlease note that masks are required at all times inside The LGBT Community Center\, where the Bureau is located. \nIf you’re unable to join in person\, please join us online as we livestream this event on the Bureau’s YouTube channel. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nPurchase Pursuit: A Victorian Entertainment (paperback\, $18.95) from the Bureau’s online store and have it shipped to you or pick it up at our physical store. \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \nOne of the founding fathers of Modern Gay Literature\, and member of the ground-breaking Violet Quill\, Felice Picano is the best-selling\, prize-winning author of poetry\, plays\, screenplays\, stories\, novels\, non-fiction\, and memoirs translated into 17 languages. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/gay-literature-icon-felice-picanos-only-new-york-appearance/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211031T150000
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SUMMARY:Come Meet Musician and Poet Calvin Arsenia at the Bureau
DESCRIPTION:Come Meet Musician and Poet Calvin Arsenia at the Bureau on Halloween! Arsenia will be hanging out at the Bureau from 3 to 5 PM on Sunday\, October 31st\, to chat and to sign copies of Every Good Boy Does Fine. \nTo reserve a copy of Every Good Boy Does Fine (Andrews McMeel Publishing\, 2021\, paperback\, $14.99)\, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com. \nAbout Every Good Boy Does Fine : \n“Glowing with warmth\, vulnerability\, and a heavy heart\, Arsenia’s intimate reflections depict the past and present wrestling within the individual as he endeavors to chart his own course in the world.”–Atwood Magazine \nBoth a journey of individual healing and a call for action\, these poems show that\, with a little love and acceptance\, anyone can flourish. \nFrom one of Kansas City’s most exciting singers Calvin Arsenia\, comes a debut book of poetry and prose Every Good Boy Does Fine. Named for the classic mnemonic used to teach the lines of the treble clef (EGBDF)\, his collection speaks to his passion as a musician and also his deep and tumultuous history in the Evangelical community. \nArsenia includes elements of queer poetry\, writings on racial awakening\, Christian de-conversion\, and sexual awakenings in a homophobic community with the hopes that\, when finished reading\, readers will feel ready to start their own journey of self-expression through music and performance. \nA profoundly thoughtful and enlightening work\, Arsenia uses his lyrical talent to show that there is always somewhere to go no matter where you are coming from. \n  \nAbout Calvin Arsenia: \nVoted Kansas City’s Best Musician 2018 and 2019 (PitchKC)\, and featured on Billboard\, NPR.org\, NEWNOWNEXT\, Pride.com\, and GRAMMY.com\, singer and harpist Calvin Arsenia has built a reputation for turning the arts world on its head. \nArsenia’s angelic\, classically-trained voice soars over audiences\, enchanting even the fussiest of fans\, beckoning them to join him as he flirts between genres. \nBut the music is just one part of his prodigious performances\, for Calvin believes the art is in crafting the perfect moment. His music is best\nserved live\, with sensational performances and high fashion from the visually striking performer who stands at 6’6”. \nArsenia’s height\, energy\, and curated environments fill the often intimate spaces he performs in. Brought into 9 countries through public and private grants in less than a decade\, Arsenia builds a scene for his audience and for himself\, packed with beauty and lasting delight. \nMore at calvinarsenia.com \n  \n 
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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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