Great River Review Hosts Three Queer Authors | Book Reading & Signing

In the spirit of being committed to the power of the literary arts, our events aim to identify, develop and defend our writers and the their challenging work. Our events include readings, book signings, author meet and greets, Q & A sessions, and writing workshops.

Unbound Edition Press

The Advocate and OUT present |  Unbound Edition Press and three of its queer authors. Event includes readings, book signings, and Q & A.

Walter Library

<h3>Great River Review hosts a reading and discussion with queer authors Alexander Cheves, Sophia Anfinn Tonnessen, and Carlo Matos as they launch bold new work from <a href="https://www.unboundedition.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Unbound Edition Press</a>. This event will take place on the University of Minnesota&#x27;s Walter Library Upson Room.</h3>------Alexander Cheves is one of America&#x27;s leading sex writers, best known as a contributing editor at The Advocate and his widely read &quot;Sexy Beast&quot; column. He is presently a columnist for Out Magazine and also runs the popular Love, Beastly advice blog, notable for its frank, unflinching answers to questions about Queer sex. He is a recipient of a 2021 Excellence in Journalism award from the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association. Across his debut book, <a href="https://www.unboundedition.com/queer-voices-essys/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">My Love Is a Beast: Confessions</a>, Cheves details his path from piousness to faithlessness, and his awakening to the saving power of hedonism. He tells intimate stories of what he sees as the sacred grace of pleasure as he embraces his life as a sex writer, worker, and activist. In stories richly lyrical, boldly erotic, and fearlessly honest, Cheves takes readers on a tour through Savannah, Atlanta, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York City. Along the way, he explores the darker corners of Queer culture and his own life, highlighting experiences most will have never considered. ------Sophia Anfinn Tonnessen is a graduate of Columbia University, where she earned degrees in Creative Writing and Russian Literature. She presently studies Slavic Literature at the University of Michigan. Her work has appeared in Columbia Review, Poet Lore and the anthology New York’s Best Emerging Poets.Her debut collection, <a href="https://www.unboundedition.com/ecologia-sophia-anfinn-tonnessen/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Ecologia</a>, noteworthy for its experimental forms, long poems, and intentional repetitions, explores the intersections of gender, identity, and memory across time. Tonnessen is transgender, and her work captures the intense undeniability of an emerging self searching for a new ecology, both biological and political. The collection, shaped by serious and complex subjects, also features Carol Baskin from Tiger King, jokes about porn, and truly terrible puns, by design. Ecologia is profoundly intimate, yet not fragile. These are poems of courage, strength and faith in the self, no matter the form it might take. The poems soar in songs of celebration and protest, within a form that can best be described as the trans-lyric. Bodies, texts, memories, flowers all transform throughout the work, which brings a mystery and wonder to the collection.------Carlo Matos is a bisexual-plus author who has published ten books, including The Quitters and It’s Best Not to Interrupt Her Experiments. His poems, stories, and essays have appeared in such journals as Hobart, DMQ Review, and PANK, among others. He currently lives in Chicago, Illinois, is a professor at the City Colleges of Chicago, and a former MMA fighter.<a href="https://www.unboundedition.com/we-prefer-the-damned-carlo-matos/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">We Prefer the Damned</a>, the 11th book from Carlo Matos, features poems exploring bisexual identity, relationships, erasure, and denial. Matos, equally celebrated for his fiction, poetry, and prose-poetry, pushes toward a new grammar for intersectional identities as the poems in We Prefer the Damned weave his Portuguese-American heritage and bi+ lived experience. Through language turned and punctuated in fresh ways, Matos finds the structures and syntax to embrace past and present, old self and new self. His toughness as a former MMA fighter turns to the finessed strength of rigorous self-examination with these poems. The collection embraces the true complexities of the bi+/pan/poly experience, particularly false accusations of not being Queer enough or, simultaneously, of being too sexual and incapable of monogamy. These poems also trace the boundaries where such issues interact with a working-class, child-of-immigrants upbringing, in which the very words for describing bisexuality did not exist. With We Prefer the Damned, Carlo Matos creates that missing language.This event features each author reading from their new work, and a discussion and Q &amp; A session. Attendees will be able to purchase and have each author sign copies of their book, which can be <a href="https://www.unboundedition.com/category/titles/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">pre-ordered here now</a>. Limited supply and one-touch ordering will also be available at the event. <h3>*To ensure compliance with local crowd size and safety guidelines, this event requires a free ticket for entry.* </h3><h3>We believe in science, community responsibility, and following the advice of experts. Therefore, all of our events, without exception, will require masks and proof of full vaccination.</h3>

Our {communityGuidelinesLink} describe the sort of content we prohibit on Eventbrite. If you suspect an event may be in violation, you can report it to us so we can investigate.

To report other categories of prohibited or illegal content, submit {link}

Great River Review Hosts Three Queer Authors | Book Reading & Signing

More events from Unbound Edition Press

Discover more events from Unbound Edition Press, from Community to other experiences you might love.

Still looking for the right event?

Explore all events in Minneapolis and filter by date, category, and more to find the perfect fit.

Great River Review Hosts Three Queer Authors | Book Reading & Signing

More events from Unbound Edition Press

Discover more events from Unbound Edition Press, from Community to other experiences you might love.

More Community events

Browse more Community events with different dates, prices, and formats to find your next great experience.

Still looking for the right event?

Explore all events in Minneapolis and filter by date, category, and more to find the perfect fit.