People come in from all over for this event - from the West Coast, the Midwest, Canada, and the Deep South. It is now the biggest LGBTQ book event in the world. I kind of wish it weren't, that someone else was doing something bigger. But it's New York's good fortune, and a huge amount of work on the part of the four coordinators.
Brass said so many vendors and companies participated that they ran out of space for tables three weeks before the show. The roster of speakers included Felice Picano, Torrey Peters, Samra Habib, Andrea Lawlor, and many more.
He focused this year on fighting book bans. 'The first nationally banned book in America was 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' So many books have been banned and stopped since then, including two of mine. I just think it's an important issue that doesn't go away.'
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