Events
April 20, 2024. 3pm - 4:15pm. Rainbow Book Fair at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center at 208 West 13th Street, N.Y., N.Y. 10011, Room 302. Panel member. "The Male Muse at 50+" From the event description online: "The Male Muse, A Gay Anthology, edited by Ian Young and published by Crossing Press in 1973, was the first openly gay anthology of poetry ever published. Other veiled, covert anthologies had been released, but nothing like The Male Muse, a bombshell in the poetry world. Panelists include Ian Young, poets Walter Holland, Philip Clark, Perry Brass, Felice Picano, and Bryan Borland, reading from and discussing this landmark collection. Moderated by Perry Brass, 6-time Lambda Literary Finalist and founding coordinator of the Rainbow Book Fair."
December 1, 2023. 7pm - 8pm. An Evening Celebrating the reissue of Allen Barnett's "The Body and Its Dangers & Other Stories" by The Library of Homosexual Congress, an imprint from Rebel Satori Press. Editors Tom Cardarone and Philip Clark. A Panel Discussion held at the Bureau of General Services, Queer Division with Walter Holland, Chris Bram, Gerard Cabrera, J.P. Howard, and Ron Caldwell. (No recording available).
Celebration of Publication of Assotto Saint's "Sacred Spells: Collected Works" at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center at 208 West 13th Street, N.Y., N.Y. 10011 at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division on October 6, 2023. Hosted by Walter Holland. Participants: Michele Karlsberg, Jewelle Gomez, Reginald Harris, Pamela Sneed, Allen Luther Wright, (Gary Paul Wright, and Guy Mark Foster had to cancel at the last minute).
May 14, 2022. Poetry Reading by Walter Holland & Jaime Manrique, Moderator Chris Bram. Walter Holland celebrates his new book of poems "Reconstruction" from Finishing Line Press (published in September 2021). 3pm to 4:30pm. Bureau of General Services—Queer Division at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center at 208 West 13th Street.