Rainbow Book Fair: Come Hear! 2026
Sat, May 09
|The LGBT Community Center
The queer poetry marathon this year may extend to include some prose. Curators include Nathaniel Siegel, Regie Cabico, Irene Villasenor, and Drew Pisarra.
Time & Location
May 09, 2026, 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM
The LGBT Community Center, 208 W 13th St, New York, NY 10011, USA
About the event
This annual all-day poetry marathon once again spotlights talent by the hour. At 1pm, for instance, curator-poet Drew Pisarra will host queer authors Kyle Dacuyan (Incitements), Sylvia Jones (Television Fathers), Pamela Booker (Where's Your Tree?), Joan Larkin (Old Stranger), Benjamin Grossberg (The Spring before Obergefell), Malcolm Tariq (Heed the Hollow), and Joey De Jesus (NOCT: The Threshold of Madness). Co-hosts of other hours include Nathaniel Siegel, Regie Cabico, and Irene Villasenor. Sponsored by A Gathering of the Tribes.