Guest Kirk Read
Kirk Read is a writer, performer and event-maker who lives and works in San Francisco’s Mission district. He tours the United States as an author and solo performer. He is the author of “How I Learned to Snap,” a memoir about being openly gay in a small Virginia high school. The book was published by Hill Street Press and released in paperback by Penguin/Putnam and was named an American Library Association Honor Book. His second book, “This is the Thing,” is a collection of performance essays. He has performed and lectured at over 75 colleges and universities around the country. He has been a resident writer at TheatreVirginia, the Shenandoah International Playwrights Retreat and Blue Mountain Center.
Kirk co-curates the two longest-running queer open mic events in San Francisco and does a great deal of volunteer and community outreach work, especially with the St. James Infirmary, a free health care clinic for sex workers. He is a frequent performer at the Porchlight storytelling series and many other Bay Area venues, including Litquake and the San Francisco Public Library. He is currently at work on a third book and is editing two anthologies, one about male sex workers and one about the intersections between gay men and transgender men.
Kirk co-curates the two longest-running queer open mic events in San Francisco and does a great deal of volunteer and community outreach work, especially with the St. James Infirmary, a free health care clinic for sex workers. He is a frequent performer at the Porchlight storytelling series and many other Bay Area venues, including Litquake and the San Francisco Public Library. He is currently at work on a third book and is editing two anthologies, one about male sex workers and one about the intersections between gay men and transgender men.
