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Wild & Precious Life Series
Dear Friends, Last week, “Zoom Bombers” commandeered the reading, the link was changed and all queer hell broke loose. We apologize for the disruption and this week we’re ready to meet any challenges. If you were not able to attend or access the reading last week, join RQ for the next Wild &…
“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!
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 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!
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.…
Reading Queer Miami Book Fair 2018 Lineups and Panels
It’s the annual Miami Book Fair season, and Reading Queer is proud to announce our panel lineups featuring queer groundbreaking authors. Join us for the “Anthologies that Rock and Resist” panel, on Sunday, November 18th @ 10:30 AM, to discuss our published anthology, Reading Queer: Poetry in a Time of Chaos.…
Reading Queer Workshop “Visual Storytelling” by Queers in Nature Author Shoog McDaniel
DATE: JANUARY 27TH, 2018 from 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM LOCATION: THE LIGHT BOX @ GOLDMAN WAREHOUSE @ 404 NW 26TH ST, MIAMI, FL 33127. COST: ALWAYS FREE. Donations appreciated. Donate here. Shoog McDaniel, author of Queers in Nature, regularly challenges societal beauty standards in exchange for the brilliant and beautiful exploration…
Amazing News: JeanPaul Mallozzi donates an additional “Moodswing: Mad, Glad, Sad” set + a small, original signed sketch
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”…