Alternative Histories: Rodger Streitmatter on The Hidden Histories of Fifteen Extraordinary Same-Sex Couples and Michael Bronski on A Queer History of the United States
Saturday, Nov. 17, 11:00 a.m., Room 8501 (Building 8, 5th Floor)
Author(s) and Guest(s)
Rodger Streitmatter
In Outlaw Marriages: The Hidden Histories of Fifteen Extraordinary Same-Sex Couples (Beacon Press, $26.95) journalist and cultural historian Rodger Streitmatter brings to life fifteen extraordinary couples who defied the social order and laws of their day by creating and thriving in same-sex marriages. Spanning over a hundred years, Streitmatter profiles couples who have made remarkable contributions in numerous fields ranging from education, social work and literature to modern art, filmmaking and music. “…Thoroughly researched, lovingly rendered. . .”—Publishers Weekly. Streitmatter is currently a professor in the School of Communication at American University and the author of seven previous books.
Michael Bronski
Scholar and activist Michael Bronski charts the breadth of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender history, from 1492 to the 1990s in A Queer History of the United States (ReVisioning American History) (Beacon Press, $17.00). “A savvy political, legal, literary (and even fashion) history . . .”—Publishers Weekly. 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.
Schedule
Location
Miami Book Fair International * Miami Dade College
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132
Room 8501 (Building 8, 5th Floor)
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