A party and reading to mark the publication of the novel AMERICAN SCHOLAR (Lethe Press) by Patrick E. Horrigan.

Copies of AMERICAN SCHOLAR (Lethe Press, 2023, paperback, $20) are available at the Bureau.

Planning to purchase a copy at the event?

We strongly encourage you to reserve a copy in advance so that we can be sure to have enough copies on hand. Please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve a copy of American Scholar” in the subject line.

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

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 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 on Venmo @bgsqd.

Patrick E. Horrigan is the author of the novels PENNSYLVANIA STATION and PORTRAITS AT AN EXHIBITION, the memoir WIDESCREEN DREAMS: GROWING UP GAY AT THE MOVIES, the play MESSAGES FOR GARY, and the solo sow YOU ARE CONFUSED!, which he co-authored with his husband Eduardo Leanez. Having taught literature for over twenty-five years at LIU Brooklyn, he is currently training to become at docent at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.