VORTEXT: Hedgebrook’s Weekend Salon for Women Writers
Posted on May 3, 2012 by Events in Events
VORTEXT: Hedgebrook’s Weekend Salon for Women Writers. Join Elizabeth George, Dorothy Allison, Ruth Ozeki, Karen Joy Fowler, Gail Tsukiyama and Jane Hamilton for an extraordinary weekend. Connect in small-group workshops. Come together through dynamic keynotes and discussions about opportunities and challenges for women who write. Share meals, open mics, conversation and community in a stunningly beautiful setting. (more…)
Marie Howe by Marie Howl for The White Swallow
Posted on April 25, 2012 by Events in Events
Wednesday, May 2 – 6PM
Cornelia Street Cafe
29 Cornelia Street, NYC
The White Swallow Reading Series—with equal parts drag show and poetry reading—will be featuring special guest Marie Howe. She will be joined by emerging poets Alex Dimitrov and Dorothea Lasky. (more…)
The Power of Our Words and Stories: A Panel Discussion
Posted on April 19, 2012 by Events in Events
Can/does LGBT literature play a role in the quest for our civil rights? During Equality Forum 2012, Renee Bess and Sherone Tubens moderate a discussion with writers, poets, and publishers: Victoria Brownworth, Cheril N. Clarke, Fay Jacobs, Janet Mason, Ngozi Thomas, and Alysha Wise. (more…)
BOOK PARTY FOR ‘THE TWO KRISHNAS’ & FRONTIERS MAGAZINE ANNIVERSARY
Posted on April 16, 2012 by Events in Events
Come and celebrate the book launch of Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla’s Lambda Literary Award- nominated novel, “The Two Krishnas” in collaboration with the 30th Anniversary of Frontiers Magazine. (more…)
Lavender Review: Back This Project!
Posted on April 15, 2012 by Events in Events
Lavender Review is having a fundraiser on Kickstarter.
Lavender Review is an international, biannual e-zine dedicated to poetryand art by, about, and for lesbians, including whatever might appeal to a lesbian readership. This e-zine is free, and open to everyone (more…)
Book Launch for ‘Deerhaven Pines’
Posted on April 10, 2012 by Events in Events
Food! Friends! Fun! Join us for us the book launch for Deerhaven Pines, by Diana McRae and edited by Katherine V. Forrest.
April 20, 2012 from 7-9pm
Diesel Books
5433 College Ave
Oakland CA 94618
Phone: 510.653.9965. (more…)
Edmund White, Eileen Myles to Read from New Works @ Phoenix Bar in NYC
Posted on April 8, 2012 by Events in Events
WHAT: LITTER: a queer reading series launches with readings by Edmund White and Eileen Myles. Mr. White will read from Jack Holmes and His Friend: A Novel (Bloomsbury, January 2012). Ms. Myles will read from her new poetry collection, Snowflake/Different Streets (Wave Books, April 2012). (more…)
Latina/o Queer Literary Series: “Wanderlust
Posted on April 5, 2012 by William Johnson in Events
Highways Performance Space presents: “Wanderlust”
Friday + Saturday, April 20 + 21 @ 8.30pm
In “Wanderlust,” writers of Latina/o and queer extractions make the specter of place known through word, as they shepherd us in and guide us through radical spatial narratives that weave in tales of sexualized citizenry, gendered candor and transnational desires. Featuring Micha Cardenas, Marcela Fuentes, Frank Galarte and more. (more…)
24th Annual Lambda Literary Awards Finalist Readings
Posted on April 2, 2012 by Tony Valenzuela in Events
Every year after we announce the Lambda Awards shortlists, LLF organizes readings (often with the help of nominated authors) at locations around the U.S. and Canada where finalists read from their nominated work. Listed below are seven cities currently scheduled with dates, locations and confirmed authors to date. Participating authors are subject to change. If you’re from any one of the cities below, come and meet our finalists, hear their work and buy their books! (more…)
Author Jim Provenzano on Stonewall Live Radio; Thursday April 12
Posted on March 29, 2012 by Events in Events
Join host Nate Klarfeld on Thursday, April 12 as Jim Provenzano comes to Stonewall Live. 9pm Eastern Time; 6pm Pacific. (more…)
