A nod to the NYPL Photo Collection and it’s inevitable surprises.
Continue readingBetween Recent and Older Readings
A Short Life of Trouble: Forty Years in the New York Art World, Marcia Tucker, with help and editing from Liza Lou (Like Smith’s book below, I felt like there was a certain insistence on being clear about what it felt like to live her life and make the choices she made. She was a remarkable lady. I’m only sorry it took me this long to get to know her work.)
among others…
Continue readingAudre Lorde & Adrienne Rich Marathon Reading
Along with Shawn Smith and Flavia Rando, I’m helping to organize a marathon reading of writing by Audre Lorde and Adrienne Rich at the Lesbian Herstory Archives. It’s going to take place on November 17, 2012 (the 40th anniversary of Lorde’s passing), at the Archives in Brooklyn, NY, from 12noon to 12midnight.
We’ve already had a wonderful response and a whole range of different organizations are taking part, from the Astraea Foundation to bklyn boihood to Belladonna.
I’m really excited to be part of putting this event together and really looking forward to the chance to spend a day sinking into the work of these two remarkable women.
Get the full details here.
In addition, the Archives is running a fundraising campaign in tandem with the event. If you can, please give to this important and extremely unique organization, dedicated to preserving the stories of women who often remain hidden to history. Donate here.
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Queer Memoir: NERD (Yes, I am a nerd.)
I’m going to be one of the people sharing stories at the next Queer Memoir event on October 6 at 8pm. The event takes place at the headquarters for Queers for Economic Justice in Chelsea (147 W. 24th St., 4th Floor, New York, New York). The theme for the evening is, nerd. Plus, there are some pretty awesome people who will also be sharing that night: Calvin S. Cato, Laura Duncan, Kelli Dunham (co-founder of Queer Memoir), M. Taueret Davis, Everett Maroon, and Genne Murphy (co-founder of Queer Memoir).
There are so many ways to interpret that word, nerd… I’ve known many in my day, and I seem to have been one myself since about birth. I’m not exactly sure yet what story I will tell, but from my experience as an audience member at one of these events a couple of months ago, they’re very warm, friendly, and welcoming.
So, please come along if you can.
Click here to view the web page for the event.
Click here to view the event on Facebook.
And feel free to send me unsolicited anecdotes of my nerd-ly behavior (past and present)…
Continue readingNew Interview Published
Excerpts from an interview that I conducted with Sarah Schulman has been published in the new Fall 2012 issue of Bitch Magazine.
I wanted to speak with Schulman after reading one of her new books (yes, she has had multiple books published in the past 12 months), The Gentrification of the Mind. And also because I had recently learned about her work as a co-producer on the documentary, United in Anger: A History of ACT UP, which I was subsequently able to see.
We spoke for an hour about art, activism, publishing, and queer community-building. It was a great conversation and I’m only sorry that more of it wasn’t able to get published.
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Reading in Brooklyn
I’ve been asked by one of the founders/editors of In The Flesh magazine to participate in the first event in their new reading series titled Homotextual.
It’s going to take place in Brooklyn, NY, and I’ll be reading part of a new essay/meditation on having it both ways. In addition to myself, Sylvan Oswald and Ariel Speedwagon will be reading.
Details:
Friday, July 13, 2012
7.30pm
at Branded Saloon
603 Vanderbilt Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238
Click here for more info.
Hope to see you there!
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