Every since OutWrite: The Speeches that Shaped LGBTQ Literary Culture published back in March, I’ve been carrying a task in my notebooks to put up a speech or two for folks to listen in on the conference. This project is a case of better late than never. Today I have finally succeeded in putting two speeches online for interested folks to have a listen.

The links will take you to dropbox where you can stream the audio file. I imagine that there are more efficient ways to do this, but for now, this is how I have the files configured. And they are worth a listen! The first file is a conversation between Minnie Bruce Pratt and Leslie Feinberg at OutWrite 95. Both of them read from the new books out at the time.

The second file is the speech by Melvin Dixon. I think I love this speech almost more than anything else in the world. I recommend having a handkerchief or box of tissue nearby when you listen to it.

Here is a link to a reading by Minnie Bruce Pratt and Leslie Feinberg at OutWrite 95.

Here is a link to Melvin Dixon’s extraordinary speech at OutWrite 92.