A poetry reading that would center around the poetry of location, of place, and how it is transformed, articulated, and experienced as queers, as a theme. Antonio Addessi (Sleeptalking, Rebel Satori 2022) would introduce the poets and we would be reading 3-4 poems each. All together 4 poets—Antonio, and local New Orleanian poets Daniel W.K. Lee (The…

Daniel W.K. Lee will appear with other contributors at a celebration celebrating the release of the Spring 2022 issue of New Orlean's Tilted House Review.

19th Saints & Sinners Literary Festival 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+…

Fever Spores co-editor Brian Alessandro interviews Gal Beckerman author of The Quiet Before: On the Unexpected Origins of Radical Ideas. Streaming live via Queens Public Library's Culture Connection June 17 at 7pm EDT. They will discuss the modest, grassroots beginnings of major social movements and political revolutions. Streaming live via Facebook and YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/QueensPublicLibrary https://www.facebook.com/QPLNYC  

Biran Yapko, author of the recent Queer Space release El Nuevo Mundo, will be at Beastly Books in Santa Fe so read, discuss and sign books. Brian will be joined by author Reese Hogan (Shrouded Loyalties) for a discussion of queer Sci Fi. Come learn more about Brian's new book, expand your knowledge of LGBTQ+…

Join editors Brian Alessandro and Tom Cardamone for the launch of their much anticipated anthology Fever Spores: The Queer Reclamation of William S. Burroughs.

Join a selection of Louisiana poets, including Daniel W.K. Lee, at The Allways Lounge & Cabaret for Louisiana Words New Orleans Pride reading event. In addition to Daniel, readers include J. Michael Norris, TQ Sims, Jorge Arturo, and Louis Toliver, Jr. There will be open mic sessions and readings by some of New Orleans' favorite…

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…

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,…