Join the 45th Writers Week for a virtual reading of High-Risk Homosexual and Q&A with memoirist Edgar Gomez.

Gomez’s witty memoir High-Risk Homosexual follows a touching and often hilarious spiralic path to embracing his gay, Latinx identity against a culture of machismo—from his uncle’s cockfighting ring in Nicaragua to cities across the U.S.—and the bath houses, night clubs, and drag queens who helped him redefine pride.

Edgar Gomez (he/she/they) is a Florida-born writer with roots in Nicaragua and Puerto Rico. A graduate of University of California, Riverside’s MFA program, he is a recipient of the 2019 Marcia McQuern Award for nonfiction. His words have appeared in Poets & Writers, Narratively, Catapult, Lithub, The Rumpus, Electric Lit, Plus Magazine, and elsewhere online and in print. His memoir, High-Risk Homosexual, was called a “breath of fresh air” by The New York Times. He lives in New York and Puerto Rico. Find him or her or them across social media @OtroEdgarGomez.

Writers Week is the longest-running, free literary event in California and features the most renowned authors of our day alongside those at the start of promising careers. The 45th Annual Writers Week Conference 2022: is online February 12 and 14-18, 2022 You can get more info at http://writersweek.ucr.edu

This event is supported by the Highlander Empowerment Referendum.