Lincoln Center Barnes & Noble Features Geist, Maguire, et al. for October

The Licoln Center Barnes & Noble (at Broadway & 82nd) has announced its events for October 2010:

Justin Spring in conversation with Mark Harris - Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade

Journalist and film historian Mark Harris (Pictures from a Revolution) talks to Justin Spring about his new biography of a gay man who meticulously documented his sexual encounters with the famous (from Rudolph Valentino to Rock Hudson) and the unknown - a story that tells us much about life in the closet in the pre-Stonewall days.

Wednesday October 13 at 7pm
Willie Geist with Joe Scarborough - American Freak Show: The Completely Fabricated Stories of Our New National Treasures

Willie Geist (host of Way Too Early with Willie Geist) talks to Joe Scarborough (host of Morning Joe) about American Freak Show, and the "reality-based" sideshow that dominates our culture.
Thursday October 28 at 7pm

Gregory Maguire - Next Queen of Heaven
In his latest book Next Queen of Heaven, best-selling author Gregory Maguire (the Wicked Years series) tells a funny and farcical tale of a gay singing group, new millennium anxiety and a Christmas pageant run amuck.
Sunday, October 31 at 2pm

Ann Harson - Miles to Babylon
Award-winning playwright Ann Harson introduces a cast of actors who will read from her poignant play about Ella O'Neill (Eugene's mother) entitled Miles to Babylon, and will sign copies of her play produced in New York and London and now available in book form.