Lindsey Freeman, who runs but does not rave, and McKenzie Wark, who raves but cannot run, will read from their books in the new Practices series from Duke University Press. And will talk about queer practices, including the practice of writing.

Copies of Running and Raving are available at the Bureau ($15.95 each). To reserve a copy, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com.

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 at YouTube.com/@bgsqd

Suggested donation $10 to benefit the Bureau’s work.

All are welcome to attend, with or without 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.

Lindsey A. Freeman is a writer and sociologist interested in endurance, memory, and poetics. Her most recent book, Running, is about practice, love, queerness, and long distance running (Duke University Press). She is now working on a book about soccer, queer joy, and how hard it is to care about things.

McKenzie Wark is the author, among other things, of Reverse Cowgirl (Semiotexte) and Capital is Dead (Verso). She edited the trans | fem | aesthetics issue of eflux journal and co-edited the Black Rave issue. She teaches at The New School.