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On Sex and Loss, a Conversation About Illuminations on Market Street with Benjamin Heim Shepard and Emily Gallagher

Benjamin Heim Shepard, author of Sustainable Urbanism and other non-fiction works, and Emily Gallagher discuss Shepard’s first novel, Illuminations on Market Street. The story begins in San Francisco in the early 1990s. Cab is on the deep end of a losing streak. After having been dumped yet again, he moves to Haight-Ashbury fresh out of college. It is the middle of a recession, before the dot-com boom, and AIDS is an immediate and untreatable reality. A story about AIDS and sex, acting up and praying for the dead, this is a story about living and fighting in the face of insurmountable challenges.











When: Sun., Mar. 31, 2019 at 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Where: Bluestockings
172 Allen St.

Price: Free
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Benjamin Heim Shepard, author of Sustainable Urbanism and other non-fiction works, and Emily Gallagher discuss Shepard’s first novel, Illuminations on Market Street. The story begins in San Francisco in the early 1990s. Cab is on the deep end of a losing streak. After having been dumped yet again, he moves to Haight-Ashbury fresh out of college. It is the middle of a recession, before the dot-com boom, and AIDS is an immediate and untreatable reality. A story about AIDS and sex, acting up and praying for the dead, this is a story about living and fighting in the face of insurmountable challenges.

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