By Jennifer McCauley On Wednesday November 18th, Reading Queer kicked off its second festival with the acclaimed event “Paris is Still Burning,” held at the Olympia Theater. Eight months earlier, in an off-site gallery at AWP 2015, writer Patricia Smith hosted a reading that paid tribute to the iconic “Paris…
At a time when Miami’s literary culture is flourishing, the Knight Foundation awarded Reading Queer with a $30,000 Knight Arts Challenge grant to foster & promote queer literary culture in South Florida. Now, I need your donation to continue building safe spaces for the writerly needs of all queer-identified people who have too often…
Dear Miami, As you may already know, the first Reading Queer Literary Festival begins this week. This festival is one of the many ways we’re promoting queer literary and artistic culture in Miami—a mission we believe to be as timely as it is crucial, perhaps now more than ever. At…
AMAZING NEWS: We’re super happy to announce that the limited edition “Moodswing: Mad, Glad, Sad” triptych by artist JeanPaul Mallozzi has already sold at the $1,000 Luminary Level during the Reading Queer Summer Fun(d)raiser campaign. The news gets even better: Mallozzi has been kind enough to donate another limited edition “Moodswing”…
The Betsy South Beach is the host hotel for the inaugural Reading Queer Festival Reading Queer is happy to announce that the Betsy Hotel South Beach is the host hotel for the inaugural and, most importantly, first ever queer literary festival in Miami. The Reading Queer Festival will run from…
Carrie Sieh donates 3 works of art to Reading Queer Reading Queer is happy to announce that artist Carrie Sieh has donated 3 works of art to Reading Queer for our annual summer fun(d)raiser. Sieh’s donation will help us fulfill our mission to improve, empower and enrich the lives of…
JeanPaul Mallozzi donates “Moodswing: Mad, Glad, Sad” to Reading Queer Reading Queer is happy to announce that artist JeanPaul Mallozzi has donated his “Moodswing: Mad, Glad, Sad” triptych (each print is 30″ x 22″) to Reading Queer for our annual summer fun(d)raiser. His donation will help us fulfill our mission…
“The reality of art is the reality of the imagination. The charge laid on artists is bring back visions.” -Jeanette Winterson Co-led by poets Julie Marie Wade & Maureen Seaton, “QUEER DEPOT 101: CREATIVITY & QUEERNESS”, the first in a series of literary salons produced by Reading Queer, explored queerness…
MAY 10th & 11th, 12 pm – 2 pm @ The Bakehouse Art Complex. “IN DEFENSE OF FORGETTING” with Connie Mae Oliver is a 2-day workshop that will motivate writers to interpret and decode the expectations of preservationist traditions, via poetry exercises conducted in a workshop setting. The workshop will…
Co-led by poets Julie Marie Wade & Maureen Seaton, “QUEER DEPOT 101: CREATIVITY & QUEERNESS” explores queerness as a potent source for creativity for writers and artists. “Is all art-making inherently queer, particularly in a world that devalues art and consigns most artists to the margins of mainstream work? Maybe…