Event: 50 Gay and Lesbian Books You Must Read
Fifty Gay and Lesbian Books You Must Read
On February 5th, 2010
(Los Angeles) The Promising Series is a reading series that celebrates Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender writers. The first Promising of the year will launch 50 Gay and Lesbian Books Everybody Must Read
In explaining the book, Editor Richard Canning wrote in his introduction, "Fifty diverse authors have each taken a single work of literature and written a brief account of how and why they read it (and, usually, repeatedly reread it), and why others (of any and all sexualities) should do so."
Some of the writers in the book include Maureen Duffy
On February 5th, writers who will read their contributions to 50 Gay and Lesbian Books Everybody Must Read
Felice Picano is the author of 19 books, including the international bestsellers The Book of Lies
Fenton Johnson is the author of two novels, Crossing the River
Matias Viegener is a Los Angeles based writer, artist and critic who works alone and collaboratively in writing, video, installation and performance art. He has shown solo work or performed at The Whitney Museum, The Kitchen and The Drawing Center in New York, LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions), New Langton Arts in San Francisco, Beyond Baroque, Machine Project, the L.A. Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), The Silver Lake Film Festival, and the La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art.
Noël Alumit wrote the novels Letters to Montgomery Clift
The Promising Series will take place on Friday, February 5 at 7:30pm. Skylight Bookstore, 1818 North Vermont, Los Angeles, CA 90029, (323) 660-1175.