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Literature TalkLiterature TalkPride Month brings three writers unpacking Detroit's queer past. Curtis Chin shares his gay Chinese American childhood in 1980s Detroit, Mix Mann spotlights Black lesbian activist Ruth Ellis, and Tim Retzloff reads from his comic about Michigan's first pride march in 1972.
Pride Month event
local LGBTQ+ history
author readings
memoir and comics
Tips
đbook signing with books for sale after
đ€three formats: memoir, research, and comics
âłcovers 1970s-1980s Detroit queer history
Historical Perspectives on Queer Detroit: Narratives of the Motor City
Burns Park
Literature TalkLiterature TalkPride Month brings three writers unpacking Detroit's queer past. Curtis Chin shares his gay Chinese American childhood in 1980s Detroit, Mix Mann spotlights Black lesbian activist Ruth Ellis, and Tim Retzloff reads from his comic about Michigan's first pride march in 1972.
Pride Month event
local LGBTQ+ history
author readings
memoir and comics
Tips
đbook signing with books for sale after
đ€three formats: memoir, research, and comics
âłcovers 1970s-1980s Detroit queer history
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