BGSQDBureau of General Services—Queer Division
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Join us for the Office Hours Poetry Broadside Exhibition Opening Night Event on September 16th, 2022. We’ve paired up eight LGBTQ+ poets with eight visual artists to craft unique broadsides showcasing their remarkable poems. Doors open at 6:30 PM to peruse the broadsides and enjoy light refreshments. Poetry reading to follow at 7 PM. The exhibition features visual artists: Jihyun Hong, Sy Klipsch-Abudu, Jardley Jean-Louis, Lee Maxey, Brandon Menke, Meesh Nah, Luciana Pinchiero, and Mojdeh Rezaeipour. And features poets: Danielle Badra, Shangyang Fang, T’ai Freedom Ford, Jen Levitt, Holly Mitchell, James Fujinami Moore, Janelle Tan, and Paul Tran.
The reading will also be live-streamed on the Bureau’s YouTube channel starting at 7 PM.
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.
This event is free and open to all!
Safety protocol
In an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19:
If you have any symptoms associated with COVID-19 in the days leading up to the event, we ask you to please stay home.
Please note that masks are required at all times inside The LGBT Community Center, where the Bureau is located.
Office Hours Poetry Workshop is a community-based writing workshop for poets who show a demonstrated commitment to writing. We provide continued support for manuscript-development and everyday writing. The workshop culminates in a public reading each fall and spring to showcase sizzling new work.
We welcome all poets, especially people of color, LGBTQ+, and those who are womxn-identified. Our name derives from our side hustle. Many of us are freelance, adjunct instructors, who continue to thrive in the margins of academia.
The workshop fellowship meets every two weeks following the fall and spring academic calendar with optional sessions like book club and generative write ins. We charge zero fees to join. Interested writers should submit 6 pages of work to be reviewed by the workshop facilitator sarahmariesala@gmail.com or drop us a line to learn more!