A discussion on how do we maintain legacies of queer and radical vision, on the occasion of an exhibition by William S. Burroughs. Panelists: Ira Silverberg, Andrew Durbin , Neil Bartlett, OBE, Kathelin Gray. William S. Burroughs was a seer. Using new forms of writing for his visionary social satire, Naked Lunch, he altered the course of letters, foresaw the future of the planet and its inhabitants, and was censored in the U.S. upon publication in 1959. In a career that spanned more than fifty years, he continually broke boundaries, and moved into new forms including painting, film, musical collaborations, and acting. Burroughs and his work retain an ongoing influence nearly thirty years after his death. How do legacies of queer and outsider artists help navigate the daunting challenges and opportunities of the present moment? About Ira Silverberg Ira Silverberg has been the Editor in Chief of Grove Press, the co-founder of High Risk Books, an imprint of Serpent's Tail, and the Literature Director of the National Endowment for the Arts. At present, Silverberg is a consultant to arts organisations, funders, and publishers of literary magazines and presses. He maintains an editorial practice, teaches at the Columbia University MFA Writing Program, is a Reiki Master and Theta Healer, and is at work on a memoir. He lives in Bellport, NY. About Andrew Durbin Andrew Durbin is the author of two novels, MacArthur Park (2017) and Skyland (2020). His fiction, criticism, and poetry have appeared in The Believer, BOMB, Boston Review, The New York Review of Books, The London Review of Books, The Paris Review, and Triple Canopy. His biography of Peter Hujar and Paul Thek is forthcoming from FSG and Granta in April 2026. He is the editor-in-chief of frieze and lives in London. About Neil Vivian Bartlett, OBE Neil Bartlett has been making rule-breaking theatre and performance since 1983. After a controversial early career, he was appointed Artistic Director of the Lyric Hammersmith in London in 1994; since leaving the Lyric in 2005, major cultural producers he has worked for include the National, the Abbey in Dublin, the Bristol Old Vic , the Manchester Royal Exchange, the Edinburgh International, Manchester International, Brighton, Aldeburgh and Holland Festivals, the Wellcome Foundation and Tate Britain. Neil is also an acclaimed author, with numerous novels, plays, adaptations and translations to his name. His most recent novel, Address Book, was published by Inkandescent in 2021 – and his very first novel, Ready to Catch Him Should He Fall (1990) , has just been republished by Profile as a Serpents Tail Classic. Throughout the 1980’s and 1990’s Bartlett was also busy as an activist, speaking at the Sex and the State conference in Toronto in 1985, working behind the scenes on London’s first International AIDS Day (1987), working on the campaign against Clause 28, and appearing at benefits and rallies everywhere from the Piccadilly Theatre to Trafalgar Square, Hyde Park and the Albert Hall. Doors open at 2:30 pm. Discussion Starts 3:00 pm. This event will take place in the Theatre on the second floor and has no disabled access.

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