Celebrate the publication of Jill Johnston in Motion: Dance, Writing, and Lesbian Life by University of Michigan professor Clare Croft, and My Butch Career, by queer icon Esther Newton. The discussion will be moderated by New York-based queer arts critic, Ksenia Soboleva.

Doors open at 4:30 p.m. for tea, coffee, cookies, and conversation with the writers; reading begins at 5 p.m. Free, open to the public. Limited space, registration recommended.

Presented in partnership with the Penny W Stamps School of Art and Design, the School of Music, Theater and Dance, the Center for World Performance Studies, the Institute for the Humanities, the Stamps Gallery, the Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series, and the State Theater. Generously supported by CEW+.