A Queer History of the United States, May 08, 2011 | Boston LGBT Film Festival 2011

Boston LGBT Film Festival 2011

With Michael Bronski in person.

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Local author Michael Bronski will give an hour-long talk on his new book A Queer History of The United States. Please join us for this pre-release event. Michael Bronski is senior lecturer in the Women's and Gender Studies Program and in the Jewish Studies Program at Dartmouth College. He has written extensively on LGBT issues for four decades, in both mainstream and queer publications. His book Pulp Friction: Uncovering the Golden Age of Gay Male Pulps won a Lambda Literary Award in 2003. This event is free and tickets are first come, first served. Books will be available for purchase

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