The Bureau of General Services—Queer Division and The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center Host The Bushwick Book Club Presenting New Songs and Art in Response to Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe.

Featuring performers:

John S. Hall (New Trout)

Don Rauf

Susan Hwang

Boy Meets Pearl

Yva Las Vegass

Anni Rossi

Paula Spiro

Honi Harlow

Hanuel Lee

spiritchild

Endless Arrows

Jason Trachtenburg

Stephanie Larriere

Oksana Horban

Copies of Gender Queer: A Memoir (Oni Press, 2019, paperback, $19.99) will be available for purchase at the event. To reserve a copy please email the Bureau at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve Gender Queer” in the subject line.

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

Suggested donation $10 to pay the performers

Please register on Eventbrite by clicking here.

About the Bushwick Book Club:

The Bushwick Book Club began in January 2009 on a dare. Songwriter, Susan Hwang, dared Goodbye Blue Monday owner Steve Trimboli to let her have a night of new songs inspired by literature. He said, “Sure.”

They started with Kurt Vonnegut’s Breakfast of Champions and now meet monthly employing the talents of local songwriters, artists and chefs who plumb the depths of a chosen literary gem to create that rare and beautiful thing – a new song (or visual art, dance, film or snack). These literature-themed live shows have been inspired by everything from Raymond Carver to Charles Darwin to George R.R. Martin to the thesaurus.

The Bushwick Book Club now has several branches all over the world, including Portland, Los Angeles, Seattle, Santa Barbara, New Orleans, Greenville, London and Malmö, Sweden.

The Bushwick Book Club Podcast includes excerpts from the live shows plus interviews with authors and songwriters.