Rebel Satori Press

Emanuel Xavier at BGSQD
2023-10-26 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | Bureau of General Services Queer Division, 208 West 13th Street, Room 210, New York, NY, 10011, United States
Join Emanuel Xavier reading from his work and interviewed by Hugh Ryan.
Live in-person and live-streaming at YouTube @bgsqd

Alan Lessik Reading - Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple, Portland, OR
2023-10-24 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple, 6401 NE 10th Ave, Portland, OR, 97211, United States
Alan Lessik will read from his new release Make the Dark Night Shine: A Zen Novel at the Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple .

Alan Lessik Reading at Fabulosa Book
2023-10-23 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Fabulosa Books, 489 Castro St., San Francisco, CA, United States
Alan Lessik will read from his new release Make the Dark Night Shine: A Zen Novel at the Fabulosa Book.

Alan Lessik Reading - San Francisco
2023-10-20 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | San Francisco Zen Center, 300 Page Street, San Francisco, CA, United States
Alan Lessik will read from his new release Make the Dark Night Shine: A Zen Novel at the San Fransisco Zen Center.

Daniel W.K. Lee in Seattle
2023-10-13 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | Lush Bar, 2231 2nd Ave, Seattle, WA, 98121, United States
Daniel W.K. Lee, author of Anatomy of Want, is joined by Alexandria Simmons, ry downey, Sami Ridge, and Alysa Levi-D’Ancona for a reading at Lush Bar, Beltown Art Walk.

Emanuel Xavier at NY Public Library
2023-10-03 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | Bronx Library Center, 310 East Kingsbridge Road, Bronx, NY, 10458, United States
Join NYPL & Latinx in Publishing for a live Banned Books Week x Latinx Heritage Month event about Latinx representation in publishing and and challenges around censorship and self-expression. Plus, pick up free books from the authors!
Seven percent of all authors in the US are Latinx, and about 40% of these authors face some form of censorship. Representation is a work in progress, with just 6 percent of children’s books featuring Latinx characters according to a 2020 study from the University of Wisconsin. Despite these challenges, Latinx authors continue to write their stories in their own voice, sharing their diversity, and representing their cultures loud and proud.
Everyone deserves to tell their own story on their own terms. Our featured panelists – Emanuel Xavier, Melissa Rivero, and AdrianaHerrera – have all grappled with issues of censorship in writing and are stronger for it. Come hear their stories!
The panel, moderated by Bronx-based author and activist Charles Rice-González, will discuss the current climate of book bans and challenges, as well as the importance and joy of self-expression. The conversation will be followed by an audience Q&A.
And there’s more: Plus, pick up free books by the authors! Giveaways books will be available first come, first serve. Limit four books per attendee.

Loud and Proud: Latinx Representation and Empowerment Against Censorship
Tues, Oct 3 | 6:30 PM | Bronx Library Center | FREE

Register Here: https://www.showclix.com/…/loud-and…/tag/nyplwebsite

Kyler James at Village Works NYC
2023-10-02 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Village Works Bookshop, 12 St. Marks Place, New York, NY, United States
Book event for The Higher Genius: Magical Tales of New York City at the Village Works Bookshop.

Hightower and Lee at Jefferson Market Library
2023-09-23 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Jefferson Market Library, 425 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, United States
Rebel poets Scott Hightower, Imperative to Spare, and Daniel W.K. Lee, Anatomy of Want, join ten other outstanding poets at the Jefferson Market Library in New York.

Noel Alumit Book Launch
2023-09-15 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Skylight Books, 1818 North Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA, United States
Book Launch for Music Heard in Hi-Fi & Other Stories

New Gay Fiction at BGSQD
2023-09-09 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Bureau of General Services Queer Division, 208 West 13th Street, Room 210, New York, NY, 10011, United States
Where We Belong: New Gay Fiction
Rebel authors Brian Alessandro and Tom Cardamone join Gerard Cabrera and Jonathan Harper to read from new their new fiction. Q&A will follow. Book by all four authors will be available.
In person event.

Daniel W.K. Lee & Octavio R. González in San Francisco
2023-07-30 16:30 - 18:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Fabulosa Books, 489 Castro St., San Francisco, CA, United States
Daniel WK Lee (The Anatomy of Want) and Octavio R. González (limerance) are joined by Yume Kim for a reading at Fabulosa Books.

Emanuel Xavier on Choppin' It Up
2023-07-22 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | NY
Emanuel Xavier will be featured in an upcoming episode fo Choppin’ It Up with El David airing Saturday July 22, 8:00PM EST / 7:00PM CST.
Zoom ID: 817 0021 4372
Zoom PW: [REDACTED]

Daniel W.K. Lee in San Francisco
2023-06-27 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Martuni’s, 4 Valencia St., San Francisco, CA, United States
Daniel W.K. Lee will read at the Literary Speakeasy in San Francisco

OutSpoken Reading Series
2023-06-17 14:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Bloom’s Tavern, 208 East 58th St., btw 2nd & 3rd Aves, New York, NY, United States
See Daniel W. K. Lee at the OutSpoken Reading Series
Saturday, June 17, 2023, 2pm EDT
Bloom’s Tavern
208 East 58th St., btw 2nd & 3rd Aves
New York, NY

Kwon + Lee: A Night of Poetry
2023-06-15 18:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Yu & Me Books, 44 Mulberry St., New York, NY, United States
Kwon + Lee: A Night of Poetry from New York to New Orleans featuring Christine Kwon and Daniel W.K. Lee

Emanuel Xavier @ OUTspoken
2023-06-14 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Society of Illustrators, 128 East 63rd Street, New York, NY, United States
Join Kathy Anderson, Allen Ellenzweig, JP Howard, Thomas March, Kate Rounds, and Emanuel Xavier for the OUTspoken Reading Series, celebrating Pride throughout June. This free series is sponsored by the East Midtown Partnership and The Publishing Triangle.

Emanuel Xavier - Wheaton Library, Maryland
2023-06-09 17:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Wheaton Library, 11701 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, MD, 20902, United States
A conversation about the importance of poetry, storytelling and the spoken word with writers Emanuel Xavier and Regie Cabico.
Xavier has been named aLGBTQ Icon by The Equality Forum and has been presented a New York City Council Citation Award. He has received an International Latino Book Award, Lambda Literary Award nominations and American Library Association Over the Rainbow Books selections for his collections which include: Pier Queen, Americano, If Jesus Were Gay, Nefarious, Radiance and Selected Poems of Emanuel Xavier. Editor of Me No Habla With Acento: Contemporary Latino Poetry, Bullets & Butterflies: queer spoken word poetry and Mariposas: A Modern Anthology of Queer Latino Poetry, Xavier is the recipient of a Gay City Impact Award and The Marsha A. Gomez Cultural Heritage Award.
Cabico is a spoken word pioneer having won The Nuyorican Poets Cafe Grand Slam and later taking top prizes in three National Poetry Slams. Cabico’s works appears in over 30 anthologies including The Spoken Word Revolution (Sourcebooks, 2003), Chorus & The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry (Thunder’s Mouth Press, 1999), and Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Café (Henry Holt and Company, 1994). He is the co-editor of Flicker & Spark: A Contemporary Anthology of Queer Poetry and Spoken Word (Lowbrow Press, 2013), nominated for a 2014 Lambda Literary Award.
The program will take place at the Wheaton Library (Social Hall, second floor) and it will also be offered via live streaming.
Registration required.
For registration to attend the program IN-PERSON at the Wheaton Library, please click the REGISTER button and register there. Seating is limited.
For registration to attend the program via LIVE STREAMING from anywhere, please click HERE.
Registrants for both in-person and via live streaming venues will receive further information as the date for the program approaches.
Reception with food and refreshments to follow after the program. Visit https://bookshop.org/shop/folmc
This Contemporary Conversations program is sponsored by Friends of the Library Montgomery County (FOLMC) and the Literacy Council of Montgomery County (LCMC).

Tom Cardamone & Dale Corvino @ OUTspoken
2023-06-07 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Society of Illustrators, 128 East 63rd Street, New York, NY, United States
Join Rebel authors Tom Cardamone (editor of last year’s Fever Spores: The Queer Reclamation of William S. Burroughs) and Dale Corvino (author of the forthcoming story collection Bonds & Boundaries) along with authors Wo Chan, Felice Cohen, Ron Goldberg, David Groff, and JP Howard.
Sponsored by East Midtown Partnership and The Publishing Triangle.

Christian Baines - Toronto
2023-06-01 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Toronto) | Glad Day Bookshop, 499 Church St., toronto, Ontario, Canada
Join Christian Baines and others for a night of Queer Noir at Glad Day Bookshop. In addition to Christian, the evening will include readings by Nathan Adler, Paul Bellini, Anthony Bidulka, P. A. Brown, James Dubro and Jessica L. Webb. Hosted by Jeffrey Round and Hope Thomspon.

Daniel W.K. Lee in Ohio
2023-06-01 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | 419 Pride Center / Collingwood Arts Center, 2413 Collingwood Blvd., Toledo, OH, United States
Join Rebel poet Daniel W.K. Lee at the Of Rust and Glass Pride Anthology In-Person and Virtual Reading June 1

Virtual Reading June 3 7:00-8:30 Eastern

No Banned Books Here - Staten Island
2023-05-24 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Pride Centger of Staten Island, 66 Willow Ave., Suite 202, Clifton, Staten Island, NY, United States
Join poet Emanuel Xavier, memoirist Felice Cohen and author Gerard Cabrera as they discuss their writing and what other writers inspired them to write. They will read from their works, hold an open discussion, followed by a meet and greet.

Gold Room Anthology Launch
2023-05-15 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Chicago) | Blue Cypress Books, 8123 Oak St., New Orleans, LA, United States
Join Rebel poet Daniel W.K. Lee at the Gold Room Anthology Launch

Invisible History Reading DC
2023-05-07 18:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Little District Books, 737 8th St SE, Washington, DC, 20003, United States
Join editors Michael Bronksi and Philip Clark as they read and discuss late Walter Borawski’s collected poems.

Daniel W.K. Lee @ Old Metairie Library
2023-05-06 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Chicago) | Old Metarie Library, 2350 Metarie Rd., Metairie, LA, United States
Poetry at Old Metairie Library featuring Daniel WK Lee, Christine Kwon, Carolyn Hembree, Brad Richard, Cameron Lovejoy, and Gina Ferrara

NYC Rainbow Book Fair
2023-04-22 12:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | LGBT Center, 208 West 13th Street, New York, NY, 10011, United States
The Rainbow Book fair is back! For our 10th Fair, our theme is “Weird & Queer.”
Join Rebel Satori authors Tom Cardamone, Sven Davisson, Brian Alessandro, Antonio Addessi, Larry Closs, Philip Clarke, and others at this year’s Book Fair.
There has always been a thin line between queerness and weirdness. After all, “queer” means not just not conforming to gender and sexual norms, but strange and odd.
So we’re celebrating the ways that queer writing has transformed
science fiction, fantasy, and horror genres,
with panels and readings showcasing the best in weird queerness (or queer weirdness!).
Of course, you don’t have to be a fan of sci-fi or gothic lit to exhibit in or come to the Rainbow Book Fair! We’re the largest expo of LGBTQ books in the US, and we’ve been bringing together queer readers, writers, and publishers for over a decade. To book a table, click here. For more information about the Fair, click here.
The Rainbow Book Fair is the largest LGBTQ+ book event in the US. It is totally unique—there is no other book fair quite like it. At the RBF, the people who write, read, publish, and sell our books are taken seriously, but with a lot of queer humor and love thrown in.

New Orleans Poetry Festival
2023-04-15 09:45 - 11:00 (America/Chicago) | New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude, New Orleans, LA, 70117, United States
Come see Rebel Satori poets read at this year’s New Orleans Poetry Festival:
Antonio Addessi (Sleeptalking)
Daniel W. K. Lee (Anatomy of Want)
Octavio R. González (limerence)
Scott Hightower (forthcoming fall 2023)
Festival Runs 9 – 5 Saturday and Sunday.
Rebel Readers Showcase at 9:45 on Saturday

Christian Baines in Toronto
2023-04-01 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Flash on Church, 463 Church St, Toronto, Ontario, M4Y 2C7, Canada
Book Launch for My Cat’s Guide to Online Dating by Christian Baines at Flash in Toronto.

Saints+Sinners NOLA Literary Festival
2023-03-24 - 2023-03-26 | Hotel Monteleone, 214 Royal Street, New Orleans, LA, 70130, United States
Join many of our authors for the 20th Annual Saints and Sinners Literary Festival in New Orleans! Readings and sessions will feature Emanuel Xavier, Tom Cardamone, Christian Baines, Daniel Lee, and Jerry L. Wheeler among others.
The Saints and Sinners Literary Festival was founded in 2003 as a new initiative designed as an innovative way to reach the community with information about HIV/AIDS, particularly disseminating prevention messages via the writers, thinkers and spokes-people of the LGBTQ+ community. It was also formed to bring the LGBTQ+ literary community together to celebrate the literary arts.
A program of the Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival, SASFest has grown into an internationally-recognized event that brings together a who’s who of LGBTQ+ publishers, writers and readers from throughout the United States and beyond. The Festival, held over 3 days each spring at the Hotel Monteleone in the New Orleans French Quarter, features panel discussions and master classes around literary topics that provide a forum for authors, editors and publishers to talk about their work for the benefit of emerging writers and the enjoyment of fans of LGBTQ+ literature.

March Poetry & Pie with Daniel Lee and Allison Alsup
2023-03-16 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Chicago) | Windowsill Pies, 4714 Freret St., New Orleans, LA, 70115, United States
Join us for the sweetest literary reading in New Orleans! This month we are featuring local writers Daniel Lee and Allison Alsup. Open mic to follow!

Daniel W.K. Lee (李華強) is a third-generation refugee, queer, Cantonese American born in Kuching, Malaysia. He earned his Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at The New School, and his debut collection of poetry, Anatomy of Want, was published by QueerMojo/Rebel Satori Press in 2019. Daniel makes New Orleans his home with his head-turning whippet Camden. Find out more about him at danielwklee.com or follow him: @strongplum on Instagram / @danielsaudade on Twitter.

Allison Alsup is an award-winning writer, teacher and editor. She holds an M.F.A. in Fiction from Emerson College. Her short stories have won multiple contests and appear, among other places, in the 2014 O’Henry Prize Stories and the U.K.‘s 2018 Manchester Fiction Prize shortlist; her non-fiction in Best Food Writing 2015. Her debut novel, Foreign Seed, is to be published next summer by Keylight Books, an imprint of Turner Publishing reserved for works believed to have cinematic potential.

As co-founder of the New Orleans Writers Workshop, Allison has taught a multitude of classes, helping hundreds of writers to hone their craft and achieve their creative writing goals–whether that be revising a story, seeking a first publication or applying to M.F.A. programs. She also mentors writers individually on projects ranging from short personal essays to full-length novels.

Allison firmly believes that engaging with creative expression, whether our own or that of others, not only serves to explore the human condition but is what defines the human condition.

Invisible History Book Launch
2022-12-01 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago) | Bureau of General Services Queer Division, 208 West 13th Street, Room 210, New York, NY, 10011, United States
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 at https://www.youtube.com/@bgsqd

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 or via Venmo @bgsqd
