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SUMMARY:Steven Pfau with Dave Wheeler — ‘Say Nephew’
DESCRIPTION:A profound and illuminating exploration of the mythology of gay uncles and the meaning of queer bonds across generations.\n\n\nThird Place Books welcomes writer and editor Steven Pfau to our Ravenna store for a conversation about his new book Say Nephew: On Boyhood, Unclehood, and Queer Mentorship. Shelf Awareness senior editor Dave Wheeler joins in conversation.\nThis event is free and open to the public. For important updates, RSVP is highly recommended in advance. This event will include a public signing and time for audience Q&A. Sustain our author series by purchasing a copy of the featured books!\n\nTickets:\nThis event is free to attend. Registration is recommended in advance.\nPlease note: While RSVP helps us anticipate attendance, your RSVP may not guarantee a seat. Seating is first-come, first-served, and all events at our Ravenna neighborhood store are free and open to the public. Only standing room may be available for events with high interest.\nWe are happy to accommodate any accessibility concerns. Please contact us at events@thirdplacebooks.com or call our Ravenna store at (206) 525-2347.\n\nAbout Say Nephew. . .\nIn Say Nephew, Steven Pfau blends memoir and criticism to celebrate the gay uncles who shape our sense of queer identity, culture, and history. The most influential figure in Pfau’s gay boyhood—the mentor who set the standard for all his future mentors—was his uncle Bruce.\nA charismatic storyteller with a Burt Reynolds–esque bravado (and a mustache, leather jacket, and pair of cowboy boots to match), Bruce came out in 1950s Memphis and lived in New York City through many of the defining events of the gay liberation era. Bruce was both a unique fixture in his nephew’s upbringing and a link in a long lineage of uncles, literal and figurative, who have offered various forms of queer tutelage to younger men.\nBut what role is the nephew supposed to play in these relationships? And who does he become once his uncles are no longer there to guide him? Both a coming-of-age story and a wide-ranging study, Say Nephew is a wholly original and expansive consideration of queer mentorship.\n\nSteven Pfau is a writer and editor based in Los Angeles. He graduated from the University of Idaho’s MFA program, and his work has appeared in DIAGRAM, Guernica, The Iowa Review, The Offing, Passages North, and other publications.\nDave Wheeler is the senior editor for the book industry news source Shelf Awareness. His writing has also appeared in the Seattle Times, the Stranger, Catapult, and more. He lives in Seattle.\n\nAbout Third Place Books\nFounded in 1998 in Lake Forest Park, Washington, Third Place Books is dedicated to the creation of a community around books and the ideas inside them. With locations in Lake Forest Park and Seattle’s Ravenna and Seward Park neighborhoods, Third Place Books is proud to serve the entire Seattle metro area. Learn more about their event series at thirdplacebooks.com/events.\n\n\n
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