Perfectly Queer San Francisco kicks off its third year with three local Queer authors with new books--Lewis DeSimone, Randall Mann, and Gar McVey-Russell--on a new day of the week, second Tuesdays! Join us for refreshments, door prizes, great books, and a good time Tuesday, January 9, still 7pm to 8pm and still at Dog Eared Books Castro, 489 Castro St., San Francisco. A big thank you to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence for a grant to cover the costs of refreshments & door prizes! https://www.facebook.com/events/1495593274075552
About the Authors:
Lewis DeSimone is the author of three novels: Channeling Morgan, Chemistry, and The Heart’s History. His work has appeared in Chelsea Station, Christopher Street, James White Review, Glitterwolf, Jonathan, and the anthologies Second Person Queer, I Like It Like That: True Tales of Gay Male Desire, Best Gay Romance 2014, My Diva: 65 Gay Men on the Women Who Inspire Them, The Other Man, and Not Just Another Pretty Face. He lives in San Francisco, where he is working on his next novel. For more information, please visit https://www.lewisdesimone.com
Randall Mann is the author of four collections of poetry, most recently Proprietary (Persea Books, 2017). His poems have appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, Washington Post, Poetry, Paris Review, and Foglifter. For his poems, he has twice been a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award, and has been named on the Out 100, San Francisco Magazine LGBTQ 100, and SF Bay Guardian Hot Pink lists. He lives in San Francisco. https://www.facebook.com/randall.mann.71
Gar McVey-Russell began writing early in life, but thought he wanted to be an astronomer. (He also thought he was straight. Go figure.) At UCLA, he co-created a left-leaning paper called Free Association. He also wrote commentaries for The Daily Bruin and feature articles for the LGBTQ newsmagazine Ten Percent, for which he received an award. He began fiction writing in the early 90s. His work has appeared in Sojourner: Black Gay Voices in the Age of AIDS (1993), and other publications. Gar is married and lives in Oakland, California. https://www.thegarspot.com
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About the Authors:
Lewis DeSimone is the author of three novels: Channeling Morgan, Chemistry, and The Heart’s History. His work has appeared in Chelsea Station, Christopher Street, James White Review, Glitterwolf, Jonathan, and the anthologies Second Person Queer, I Like It Like That: True Tales of Gay Male Desire, Best Gay Romance 2014, My Diva: 65 Gay Men on the Women Who Inspire Them, The Other Man, and Not Just Another Pretty Face. He lives in San Francisco, where he is working on his next novel. For more information, please visit https://www.lewisdesimone.com
Randall Mann is the author of four collections of poetry, most recently Proprietary (Persea Books, 2017). His poems have appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, Washington Post, Poetry, Paris Review, and Foglifter. For his poems, he has twice been a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award, and has been named on the Out 100, San Francisco Magazine LGBTQ 100, and SF Bay Guardian Hot Pink lists. He lives in San Francisco. https://www.facebook.com/randall.mann.71
Gar McVey-Russell began writing early in life, but thought he wanted to be an astronomer. (He also thought he was straight. Go figure.) At UCLA, he co-created a left-leaning paper called Free Association. He also wrote commentaries for The Daily Bruin and feature articles for the LGBTQ newsmagazine Ten Percent, for which he received an award. He began fiction writing in the early 90s. His work has appeared in Sojourner: Black Gay Voices in the Age of AIDS (1993), and other publications. Gar is married and lives in Oakland, California. https://www.thegarspot.com
Perfectly Queer San Francisco kicks off its third year with three local Queer authors with new books--Lewis DeSimone, Randall Mann, and Gar McVey-Russell--on a new day of the week, second Tuesdays! Join us for refreshments, door prizes, great books, and a good time Tuesday, January 9, still 7pm to 8pm and still at Dog Eared Books Castro, 489 Castro St., San Francisco. A big thank you to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence for a grant to cover the costs of refreshments & door prizes! https://www.facebook.com/events/1495593274075552
About the Authors:
Lewis DeSimone is the author of three novels: Channeling Morgan, Chemistry, and The Heart’s History. His work has appeared in Chelsea Station, Christopher Street, James White Review, Glitterwolf, Jonathan, and the anthologies Second Person Queer, I Like It Like That: True Tales of Gay Male Desire, Best Gay Romance 2014, My Diva: 65 Gay Men on the Women Who Inspire Them, The Other Man, and Not Just Another Pretty Face. He lives in San Francisco, where he is working on his next novel. For more information, please visit https://www.lewisdesimone.com
Randall Mann is the author of four collections of poetry, most recently Proprietary (Persea Books, 2017). His poems have appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, Washington Post, Poetry, Paris Review, and Foglifter. For his poems, he has twice been a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award, and has been named on the Out 100, San Francisco Magazine LGBTQ 100, and SF Bay Guardian Hot Pink lists. He lives in San Francisco. https://www.facebook.com/randall.mann.71
Gar McVey-Russell began writing early in life, but thought he wanted to be an astronomer. (He also thought he was straight. Go figure.) At UCLA, he co-created a left-leaning paper called Free Association. He also wrote commentaries for The Daily Bruin and feature articles for the LGBTQ newsmagazine Ten Percent, for which he received an award. He began fiction writing in the early 90s. His work has appeared in Sojourner: Black Gay Voices in the Age of AIDS (1993), and other publications. Gar is married and lives in Oakland, California. https://www.thegarspot.com
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About the Authors:
Lewis DeSimone is the author of three novels: Channeling Morgan, Chemistry, and The Heart’s History. His work has appeared in Chelsea Station, Christopher Street, James White Review, Glitterwolf, Jonathan, and the anthologies Second Person Queer, I Like It Like That: True Tales of Gay Male Desire, Best Gay Romance 2014, My Diva: 65 Gay Men on the Women Who Inspire Them, The Other Man, and Not Just Another Pretty Face. He lives in San Francisco, where he is working on his next novel. For more information, please visit https://www.lewisdesimone.com
Randall Mann is the author of four collections of poetry, most recently Proprietary (Persea Books, 2017). His poems have appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, Washington Post, Poetry, Paris Review, and Foglifter. For his poems, he has twice been a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award, and has been named on the Out 100, San Francisco Magazine LGBTQ 100, and SF Bay Guardian Hot Pink lists. He lives in San Francisco. https://www.facebook.com/randall.mann.71
Gar McVey-Russell began writing early in life, but thought he wanted to be an astronomer. (He also thought he was straight. Go figure.) At UCLA, he co-created a left-leaning paper called Free Association. He also wrote commentaries for The Daily Bruin and feature articles for the LGBTQ newsmagazine Ten Percent, for which he received an award. He began fiction writing in the early 90s. His work has appeared in Sojourner: Black Gay Voices in the Age of AIDS (1993), and other publications. Gar is married and lives in Oakland, California. https://www.thegarspot.com
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