RBF 2026 Featured Readers/Events

Room 210 (The Bureau)

2:00pm, Cat Sebastian

3:00pm, Lydi Conklin

5:00pm, Julián Delgado Lopera

Room 310

4:00pm, Drag Story Hour

Room 203

12:30-1:45 Slipstream  Fiction: Beyond Genre

2:00-3:15   Flash Points: Queer Writers on History, Identity, and the Page  2026   

3:30-4:45  “A Queer Book Changed My Life”  OR  “Books Change Our Lives”

4:45-6:00 Political Themes In Lgbtq Fiction ‍

All-Day Poetry Marathon: Poetry Schedule

[List as of April 28, 2026]

12:00 - 1.00

1. Anna Limontas-Salisbury 

2. CQ Quintana

3. Jai Mohan

4. Lonely Christopher

5. Shea Vassar 

6. Mariah Barber

1:00 - 2.00

1. Drew Pisarra

2. Sylvia Jones

3. Pamela Booker

4. Benjamin Grossberg

5. Malcolm Tariq

6. Joey De Jesus

2.00 - 3.00

1. Jamilah Ali

2. chloe feffer

3. Kat Sotelo

4. Justice LaBrave

5. tray tsui

6. k j tiao

7. Dan Schapiro

8. Linnea Scott

3.00 - 4.00

1. Andy Barrow

2. Guillermo Filice Castro

3. S.A. Borland

4. Bryan Borland

5. Tova Greene

6. Sarah Sala

7. Ethan Richmond

8. Dylan Richmond

4.00-5.00 

1. Don Yorty

2. Irene Villaseñor

3. Joseph Pierce

4. Scott Hightower

5. Regie Cabico

6. Nathaniel A. Siegel 

A Very Special BILINGUAL Drag Story Hour! 4:00PM ROOM 310

Yuhua is a fun and campy queen from New York City! Yuhua’s drag character is her own invention of a superhero that has given her courage, confidence, and happiness. And her special power for this program event is spreading knowledge!

She actively advocates for free expression, particularly through her work with Drag Artists For Expression NYC (DAE NYC). She focuses on creating inclusive environments for LGBTQIA+ awareness, fighting discrimination, and promoting drag as an art form accessible to all, including children. Yuhua will lead the bilingual story hour readings in English and Cantonese. In Room 310!