BGSQDBureau of General Services—Queer Division
BGSQD
Launching a debut novel (Rabbis of the Garden State) and a debut book of poetry (It Wasn’t Easy to Reach You), both from Dan Meltz, who will be in conversation with Rob Byrnes.
To reserve a copy of Rabbis of the Garden State (Rattling Good Yarns Press, May 6, 2025, paperback, $18.95) and/or It Wasn’t Easy to Reach You (Trail to Table, February 14, 2025, paperback, $20), please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve book for April 26 event” in the subject line and let us know which book in the body of the email.
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 on the Bureau’s YouTube channel:
The Bureau will solicit donations at the beginning of the event—we especially encourage donations from those who do not plan to purchase any books.
All are welcome to attend, with or without a 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
Dan Meltz was raised in the low-rent reaches of Jersey, 16 minutes from Times Square, and has lived in Manhattan for fifty years. He’s a retired technical writer and teacher of Deaf young people, with a B.A. from Columbia (no honors). Both his first book of poems, “It Wasn’t Easy to Reach You,” from Trail to Table, and his first novel, “Rabbis of the Garden State,” from Rattling Good Yarns, have been published in 2025.
Rob Byrnes is the Lambda Literary Award-winning author of six novels and several short stories and essays. He has been a member of The Publishing Triangle Steering Committee for more than a decade, and currently serves as Treasurer. He has been inducted into the Saints & Sinners Literary Festival Hall of Fame and has been recognized with a Gay City News Impact Award and inclusion on City & State NY’s annual “Gay Power 100” list.