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.…
Help me raise $5,000 before November 15th and fuel the future of queer literary culture in South Florida. Support life-affirming programming by and for the community @ readingqueer.org/donate Meet Parvati Villarba, Programming Director @ Reading Queer. “Reading Queer has taught me that Queerness transcends race, gender, sexuality, and class— by…
SAVE THE DATE – Donate to Reading Queer on Give Miami Day Just over one year ago, I launched the first Reading Queer Literary Festival at the Betsy Hotel – South Beach. With the support of our sponsors and individual donors like you, Reading Queer inaugurated the first queer-centric literary festival…
Emerging artist Emanuel Ribas donates work to Reading Queer to raise funds for the Reading Queer Writing Academy. Ribas’ work mirrors the vast diversity of hybrid, genre-bending and genre-blending works (image & text) that Reading Queer fosters. Your donation will enable us to hire writing mentors & allow students who…
Dear Community, Reading Queer relies on your generous support to fund our mission to transform the lives of the queer community through the act & the art of creative writing. Your donation to Reading Queer will impact lives & make a real difference. Your donation will fund: stipends for creative…
Support Reading Queer ‘s mission to empower & enrich the lives of the queer community. Just a few hours left to donate. Your donation will fund: 1. Community-based creative writing workshops led by nationally renowned queer writers 2. Open-to-the-public talks led by nationally recognized queer writers 3. Outreach programs aimed…
“A culture, like an individual, is a more or less consistent pattern of thought and action”. —Ruth Benedict In many many ways, writing has “saved” my life, literally and metaphorically, and will most likely continue to do so. That is why Reading Queer is important for a Greater Miami. If…
Give Miami Day – For a Greater Miami: 11/20/2013 Give Miami Day is a once-a-year 24-hour online giving event that involves hundreds of charities. This year it will be held on November 20. We kindly ask you to make a tax-deductible donation to Reading Queer! Visit: https://www.givemiamiday.com/npo/NPC010680/. The Miami Foundation…
Dear Community, Writing saved me! It empowered me. It emboldened me. Without this gift, I would not be here. It gave me purpose and the confidence to speak up when I thought that I didn’t have