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An Evening with Garrard Conley, Author of the Memoir “Boy Erased”

An evening with Garrard Conley reading from his bestselling memoir Boy Erased.
 This is the story of the son of a Baptist pastor in small town Arkansas, terrified and conflicted about his sexuality as a young man and forced at age 19 to attend a church-supported conversion therapy program to “cure” him of homosexuality, or risk losing family and friends.

Boy Erased is now a major motion picture starring Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe and Lucas Hedges. A beautiful film.

Garrard’s story is ever more relevant as the Trump/Pence regime barrels forward with its fascist agenda that includes curbing the rights of gays and differently-gendered people — and imposing Christian fundamentalist morality.

“Boy Erased is a gut-punch of a memoir, but the miracle of this book is the generosity with which Conley writes in an effort to understand the circumstances and motivations that led his family to seek the ‘cure’… his memoir is not simply a story of survival — in this book, a true writer comes of age.” — LA Review of Books

“An urgent reminder that America remains a place where queer people have to fight for their lives.”
— Garth Greenwell, author What Belongs to You

Visit Revolution Books to learn about the revolution Bob Avakian is leading: A revolution to change everything — abolish all exploitation and oppression, put an end to the suppression and punishment of relations among people, including intimate relations, that run counter to and challenge traditional gender relations and traditional values.











When: Thu., Dec. 6, 2018 at 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Where: Revolution Books
437 Malcolm X Blvd./Lenox Ave. @132nd St
212-691-3345
Price: $5/$10 donation to support RB
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An evening with Garrard Conley reading from his bestselling memoir Boy Erased.
 This is the story of the son of a Baptist pastor in small town Arkansas, terrified and conflicted about his sexuality as a young man and forced at age 19 to attend a church-supported conversion therapy program to “cure” him of homosexuality, or risk losing family and friends.

Boy Erased is now a major motion picture starring Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe and Lucas Hedges. A beautiful film.

Garrard’s story is ever more relevant as the Trump/Pence regime barrels forward with its fascist agenda that includes curbing the rights of gays and differently-gendered people — and imposing Christian fundamentalist morality.

“Boy Erased is a gut-punch of a memoir, but the miracle of this book is the generosity with which Conley writes in an effort to understand the circumstances and motivations that led his family to seek the ‘cure’… his memoir is not simply a story of survival — in this book, a true writer comes of age.” — LA Review of Books

“An urgent reminder that America remains a place where queer people have to fight for their lives.”
— Garth Greenwell, author What Belongs to You

Visit Revolution Books to learn about the revolution Bob Avakian is leading: A revolution to change everything — abolish all exploitation and oppression, put an end to the suppression and punishment of relations among people, including intimate relations, that run counter to and challenge traditional gender relations and traditional values.

Buy tickets/get more info now