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Paradise Regained: Black Queer Writers Read (in person & live-streaming)

September 21, 2022 @ 7:00 pm

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Three Black gay writers, each of whom released a new book in 2022, gather for a fierce read. Hosted by the inimitable Pamela Sneed. Featuring Jafari AllenDavid Ambrose Jackson, & Cary Alan Johnson.

This 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.

Registration is not required. Seating is first come, first served.

Also live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel

 

Safety protocol

In an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19:

If you have any symptoms associated with COVID-19 in the days leading up to the event, we ask you to please stay home.

Please note that masks are required at all times inside The LGBT Community Center, where the Bureau is located.

Suggested donation $10 to benefit the Bureau’s work.

All are welcome to attend, with or without donation.

We will pass a bag for donations at the start of the event, but we can also take credit card donations at the register.

Cosponsored by:

Bloom International

and

Other Countries: Black Gay Men Writing

Books by all of the authors available on the Bureau’s online store and at our physical store. These books will also be available for purchase at the event. To reserve a copy (copies) of any of these titles, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com.

Thank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us!

Purchase Cary Alan Johnson’s Desire Lines (Querelle Press, 2022, paperback, $21) from the Bureau’s online store: https://tinyurl.com/46sujzxf

Purchase David Jackson Ambrose’s Unlawful DISorder (Jaded Ibis Press, 2022, paperback, $17.99) from the Bureau’s online store: https://tinyurl.com/27adr79j

Purchase Jafari S. Allen’s There’s a Disco Ball between Us: A Theory of Black Gay Life (Duke UP, 2022, paperback, $30.95) from the Bureau’s online store: https://tinyurl.com/bdfueamp

Purchase Pamela Sneed’s Funeral Diva (City Lights Books, 2020, paperback, $16.95) from the Bureau’s online store: https://tinyurl.com/2yaat7nv

These titles will also be available for purchase at the event.

Thank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us!