BGSQDBureau of General Services—Queer Division
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Harvard Gender and Sexuality Caucus NYC presents Michelle Lerner (HLS ’98), author of Ring, a new novel that contemplates loss and the sanctuary between hope and despair. Jonathan Vatner (’01), author of The Bridesmaids Union, will join her in conversation.
To reserve a copy of Ring (Bancroft Press, January 28, 2025, paperback, $23.95) please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve a copy of Ring for Jan. 26 event” in the subject line.
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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
Michelle Lerner is the author of the poetry chapbook Protection (Poetry Box, 2021) and the novel Ring (Bancroft Press, 2025), and her writing appears in VQR, Shenandoah, Lips, Paterson Literary Review, and many other journals and anthologies.
Jonathan Vatner is the author of The Bridesmaids Union (St. Martin’s Press, 2022) and Carnegie Hill (Thomas Dunne Books, 2019). His fiction has earned praise from People, Town & Country, The New York Post, and the Los Angeles Review of Books. He is the managing editor of Hue, the magazine of the Fashion Institute of Technology, and teaches fiction writing at New York University and the Hudson Valley Writers Center.