Upcoming readings of TBLWTB - August 2008

To Be Left with the Body Reading
Thursday August 14th
7-9pm
With Cheryl Clarke and Steven G. Fullwood
The Barbershop
GMHC
The Tisch Building
119 West 24^th Street
New York, New York

Hosted by The Barbershop

Join Cheryl Clarke and Steven G. Fullwood, co-editors of To Be Left with the Body, for a reading of their latest work. TBLWTB is the third in a series of publications created by and for black gay and bisexual men to explore the impact of HIV/AIDS on their lives. Published by AIDS Project Los Angeles, the collection features contributions from 16 writers and poets, and a series of photographs by New York artist Artis Q. Clarke is the author of four books including The Days of Good Looks. Fullwood is the publisher of Vintage Entity Press, and a contributor to Be A Father to Your Child, Real Talk from Black Men on Family, Love, and Fatherhood. Books are free. A book signing will follow the presentation. Light refreshments will be served.

Contact: La Meek Williams, 212.367 1102

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Body Talk: To Be Left with the Body and Passing for Black Readings
Featuring Cheryl Clarke, Pamela Sneed, Linda Villarosa
Monday August 18^th
7-9pm
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Boulevard
New York, New York

Hosted by the Black Gay & Lesbian Archive

Join lesbian writers Cheryl Clarke, Pamela Sneed and Linda Villarosa, for an exciting evening of readings from their latest works, and a preview of upcoming projects. Clarke is co-editor of To Be Left With the Body and the author of The Days of Good Looks. Sneed, whose previous work includes Imagine Being More Afraid of Freedom than Slavery, will read from her upcoming work, KONG. Villarosa will read from her first book of fiction, Passing for Black. A book signing will follow the presentation. Free and open to the public.

Contact: Steven G. Fullwood, 212.491.2226