Event Listing - Literary Arts

Thu May 22, 2008

Joel Derfner at Books Inc. in the Castro

Tel. 415.864.6777
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Location	Date and Time
Books Inc. in the Castro 2275 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94114 map cross street: 16th St. district: Castro/Upper Market	Thu May 22, 2008 (7:30 Pm)

Description

Joel Derfner, author of Gay Haiku, will be at Books Inc. in the Castro reading from his new memoir, Swish: My Quest to Become the Gayest Person Ever.

Joel Derfner is gayer than you.
Don't feel too bad about it, though, because he has made being gayer than you his life's work. At summer day camp, when he was six, Derfner tried to sign up for needlepoint and flower arranging, but the camp counselors wouldn't let him, because, they said, those activities were for girls only. Derfner, just to be contrary, embarked that very day on a solemn and sacred quest: to become the gayest person ever. Along the way he has become a fierce knitter, an even fiercer musical theater composer, and so totally the fiercest step aerobics instructor (just ask him--he'll tell you himself).
About Joel Derfner:

Joel Derfner graduated from Harvard with a degree in linguistics. His work for the musical theater has been produced in London, New York, and various cities in between. He lives in New York City.