Passionate Commitments is a dual biography of Anna Rochester and Grace Hutchins, life partners and labor journalists who were instrumental in establishing and maintaining the Labor Research Association in New York City during the mid-20th century. Julia M. Allen will present a slide show detailing their lives and will read selected passages from the book. Passionate Commitments received the 2014 Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction, presented by the Publishing Triangle.

Julia M. Allen is Professor Emerita of English at Sonoma State University in California.