Author Event: Jason Haaf & Scooter LaForge on Wasteland
Join us at Hive Mind Books in Bushwick for a discussion with authors and artists Jason Haaf and Scooter LaForge.
Join us at Hive Mind Books in Bushwick for a discussion with authors and artists Jason Haaf and Scooter LaForge. They'll discuss their new collaboration, Wasteland, an art novel combining painting, prose, poetry, and collage.
After the reading and conversation, both authors will sign copies of their books.
Our coffee and tea counter will be open for the duration of the event.
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Books will be available to purchase at Hive Mind Books. We ask that books signed at our events be purchased at our bookstore. Book sales ensure that our independent queer bookstore can continue to keep the lights on and bring great events like this to our neighborhood. Thank you for your support!
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ABOUT WASTELAND
Wasteland, an art novel by Jason Haaf and Scooter LaForge, is a place you can sink into or try to leave. It is a time when you fell into lust and became glued; it can be a trap or an escape. Combining painting, prose, poetry and collage, authors Haaf and LaForge explore queer intimacy, anger and angst. From relationships to repetitions, Wasteland is an open invitation into a collaborative psyche.
ABOUT JASON HAAF
Jason Haaf is a Brooklyn-based writer and visual artist largely influenced by diaristic writing. His debut novel, Harsh Cravings (Polari Press, 2022) is a 90-day diary taking place during the summer and fall of 2020. His writing and art has been featured in Truant, edited by Nate Lippens and Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics & Poetry. Haaf was a recipient of the Seattle Erotic Art Fair's Foundation Award for Literary Art (2025).
ABOUT SCOOTER LAFORGE
Scooter LaForge is a New York–based artist, painter and sculptor whose work has been exhibited at the Leslie-Lohman Museum in New York, the Friedrichshof Museum in Vienna, and the Spritmuseum/Absolut Art Collection in Stockholm. He also designs a celebrated line of bespoke clothing sold through Patricia Field’s ArtFashion Gallery. LaForge is a recent recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant.
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Hive Mind Books is a queer and trans bookstore and coffee shop in Bushwick, Brooklyn. The store and coffee counter will be open all night for attendees who want to make purchases. Seating is first come, first served. We have standing room available after seating fills up.
Subways:
(L) Dekalb
(M/L) Myrtle-Wyckoff
(M) Knickerbocker
Join us at Hive Mind Books in Bushwick for a discussion with authors and artists Jason Haaf and Scooter LaForge.
Join us at Hive Mind Books in Bushwick for a discussion with authors and artists Jason Haaf and Scooter LaForge. They'll discuss their new collaboration, Wasteland, an art novel combining painting, prose, poetry, and collage.
After the reading and conversation, both authors will sign copies of their books.
Our coffee and tea counter will be open for the duration of the event.
********************
Books will be available to purchase at Hive Mind Books. We ask that books signed at our events be purchased at our bookstore. Book sales ensure that our independent queer bookstore can continue to keep the lights on and bring great events like this to our neighborhood. Thank you for your support!
********************
ABOUT WASTELAND
Wasteland, an art novel by Jason Haaf and Scooter LaForge, is a place you can sink into or try to leave. It is a time when you fell into lust and became glued; it can be a trap or an escape. Combining painting, prose, poetry and collage, authors Haaf and LaForge explore queer intimacy, anger and angst. From relationships to repetitions, Wasteland is an open invitation into a collaborative psyche.
ABOUT JASON HAAF
Jason Haaf is a Brooklyn-based writer and visual artist largely influenced by diaristic writing. His debut novel, Harsh Cravings (Polari Press, 2022) is a 90-day diary taking place during the summer and fall of 2020. His writing and art has been featured in Truant, edited by Nate Lippens and Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics & Poetry. Haaf was a recipient of the Seattle Erotic Art Fair's Foundation Award for Literary Art (2025).
ABOUT SCOOTER LAFORGE
Scooter LaForge is a New York–based artist, painter and sculptor whose work has been exhibited at the Leslie-Lohman Museum in New York, the Friedrichshof Museum in Vienna, and the Spritmuseum/Absolut Art Collection in Stockholm. He also designs a celebrated line of bespoke clothing sold through Patricia Field’s ArtFashion Gallery. LaForge is a recent recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hive Mind Books is a queer and trans bookstore and coffee shop in Bushwick, Brooklyn. The store and coffee counter will be open all night for attendees who want to make purchases. Seating is first come, first served. We have standing room available after seating fills up.
Subways:
(L) Dekalb
(M/L) Myrtle-Wyckoff
(M) Knickerbocker
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- 2 hours
- In person
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Hive Mind Books
219 Irving Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11237
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