Author Kate Bornstein Reads From Her New Book: A Queer And Pleasant DangerDate: August 13, 2012
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Powell's City of Books, 1005 W Burnside, Portland Oregon
Cost: Free
http://www.powells.com/events/Scientologist, husband, father, ->-bleeped-<-, sailor, slave, playwright, dyke, gender outlaw — these are just a few of the words that have defined Kate Bornstein during her extraordinary life. In A Queer and Pleasant Danger (Beacon Press), Bornstein's stunningly original memoir, she shares her story: from a nice Jewish boy growing up in New Jersey to a strappingly handsome lieutenant of the Church of Scientology's Sea flagship vessel, and later to Seattle in the '90s, where she becomes a rising star in the lesbian community. It's a disarmingly honest journey of self-discovery that will mesmerize readers.
Kate Bornstein will read from her new memoir, "A Queer and Pleasant Danger," Aug. 13 at Powell's. Photo by Barbara Carrellas
Guided by Galileo: Kate Bornstein's message in a bottleBy Erin Rook, PQ Monthly
Wednesday, July 18th, 2012
http://www.pqmonthly.com/2012/07/guided-by-galileo-kate-bornsteins-message-in-a-bottle/I don't want to lie," Bornstein writes in the book's prologue, "so before I sat down to write the first full draft of this book, I got five words tattooed onto the back of my right hand. They're done in white ink, with shadowing the color of blood. They look like they've been carved into the back of my hand, and healed up as scars. 'I must not tell lies.'
In addition to finishing up "My New Gender Workbook," Bornstein is being filmed for a documentary called "Kate Bornstein is a Queer and Pleasant Danger." Cameras will be rolling when she visits Portland on Aug. 13 at Powell's Books — one of her favorite places.
"Last time I was in Portland, I got to an event late, I ran into the f**ing hall, and there were like 350 people," Bornstein says. "I was blown away. I was crying with happiness in Portland. Whenever I think where am I going to move, Portland tops the list."
Unfortunately, Bornstein's partner is a "sun bunny," so she's not likely to relocate to rainy Oregon anytime soon.
"That's why I want to win a Pulitzer Prize," she says. "So I can summer in Portland."
