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#NotMyNeim with Elia Khalaf

#NotMyNeim with Elia Khalaf

11. 21st. 2019 | #NotMyNeim with Elia Khalaf DATE: NOVEMBER 21ST, 2019 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM LOCATION: MUSEUM OF ART AND DESIGN @ MDC (MOAD) @ 600 BISCAYNE BLVD, MIAMI, FL, 33132. Map here COST: FREE. Donations appreciated. Donate here.  Description: #NotMyNeim with Elia Khalaf is a radical writing workshop & experience that highlights the power of names by reclaiming our queer and colorful names, one syllable at a time. The workshop takes…

“Stitch and Bitch:” A Creative Writing Workshop and Crochet Social Circle Led by Fabienne Josaphat & Jan Becker. No experience necessary.

“Stitch and Bitch:” A Creative Writing Workshop and Crochet Social Circle Led by Fabienne Josaphat & Jan Becker. No experience necessary.

DATE: APRIL 28TH, 2019 from11:00 AM to 2:00 PMLOCATION: DRAGONFLY THRIFT BOUTIQUE @3141 SW 8TH ST, MIAMI, FL 33135. MAP hereCOST: ALWAYS FREE. Donations appreciated. Donate to Reading Queer here. Donate to LEAP here. THIS WORKSHOP IS BROUGHT TO YOU IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LEAP. Get out your needles, pens, and…

“Miami’s a Drag” Poetry & Drag Show Celebrates Miami Beach Pride Week!

“Miami’s a Drag” Poetry & Drag Show Celebrates Miami Beach Pride Week!

DATE: APRIL 6TH, 2019 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PMLOCATION: CONCRETE BEACH BREWERY @ 325 NW 24TH ST, MIAMI,  FL 33127. MAP hereCOST: ALWAYS FREE. Donations appreciated. Donate here This event is brought to you in partnership with Concrete Beach Brewery and Gramps. Reading Queer and Concrete Beach Brewery are celebrating Miami Beach Pride Week with the killer queens and foxy kings of Double Stubble! Join us on April…

Reading Queer Presents “Writing in Queer Spaces” with Freesia McKee

Reading Queer Presents “Writing in Queer Spaces” with Freesia McKee

DATE: MARCH 24TH, 2019 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PMLOCATION: HISTORY MIAMI MUSEUM @ 101 W FLAGLER ST, MIAMI, FL 33130. MAP hereCOST: ALWAYS FREE. Donations appreciated. Donate here Queer individuals have always had to build their own havens and teach their own history, in remedying a society where division…

Write Your Surreal Memoir with Julie Marie Wade

Write Your Surreal Memoir with Julie Marie Wade

DATE: FEBRUARY 2ND, 2019 from 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM LOCATION: ALASKA COFFEE ROASTING @ 13130 BISCAYNE BLVD, NORTH MIAMI, FL 33181. Map here. COST: ALWAYS FREE. Donations appreciated. Donate here Memories can be tender, funny, somber, or sometimes too saturated with color to be properly captured through the traditional…

Reading Queer Celebrates the New Year by Looking Back on 2018

Reading Queer Celebrates the New Year by Looking Back on 2018

With the holiday season over and the new year already begun, Reading Queer looks back on the projects put together thanks to our team, The Miami Foundation, The Knight Foundation, The Betsy Hotel – South Beach, The Miami Book Fair, FUNDarte, Anhinga Press, RQ individual donors, the LGBTQ+ community, the…

Start Your Year Motivated with Jan Becker’s Writing Boot Camp

Start Your Year Motivated with Jan Becker’s Writing Boot Camp

DATE: JANUARY 19TH & 201TH, 2019 from 11:00 PM – 2:00 PM LOCATION: THE LIGHT BOX @ GOLDMAN WAREHOUSE @ 404 NW 26TH ST, MIAMI, FL 33127. Map here. COST: ALWAYS FREE. Donations appreciated. Donate here Start the year off queer and motivated with Reading Queer’s annual “‘Boot Camp for Queer Writers’ with Jan…

Reading Queer Presents Maggie Thrash @ The Miami Book Fair 2018

Reading Queer Presents Maggie Thrash @ The Miami Book Fair 2018

Maggie Thrash is the author of the graphic memoir Honor Girl as well as the Strange Truth books. She is a former staff writer for Rookie. Following her acclaimed Honor Girl, Maggie Thrash revisits a period of teenage depression in Lost Soul, Be at Peace (Candlewick), a graphic memoir that is at once thoughtful, honest, and marked…

Justin Phillip Reed Wins National Book Award 2018!

Justin Phillip Reed Wins National Book Award 2018!

In 2015, Reading Queer invited Justin Phillip Reed to co-headline the 2015 RQ Literary Festival before he published his first book. Last night, Justin won the 2018 National Book Award for Poetry! Reading Queer is proud to have worked with the beautiful writer, and to have witnessed his poetry blossom.…