Sarah Schulman (Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993), Paul Lisicky (Later: My Life at the Edge of the World), and Daniel Allen Cox (I Felt the End Before It Came: Memoirs of a Queer Ex-Jehovah’s Witness) discuss how they’ve explored the concept of friendship in their books. What are constructive ways for friendships to grow? What are the differences between loyalty and keeping your word? Can friends stay friends when they endure the same trauma but survive differently? The authors discuss what friendship makes possible for queer life and beyond.

The event also marks the US launch of Cox’s memoir-in-essays "I Felt the End Before It Came." Lisicky writes that “this is a book about defying injustice when it presents itself in the form of good,” a story that Schulman says “inspires us to want to know our own contradictions, to see them as riches instead of shame.” In a starred review, Publishers Weekly writes that “the author approaches his subject with emotional nuance, and writes with a mix of self-aware humor and deep insight that sets his project apart from other former believer memoirs.”

This event will be hosted in the Strand Book Store's 3rd floor Rare Book Room at 828 Broadway on 12th Street.

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