KYLE RANSON // CLOSING THE ORPHEAN LOOP FINALE FETE EVENT FEATURING A READING BY QUEER AUTHOR ICON BRONTEZ PURNELL FROM HIS YET TO BE PUBLISHED POETIC NOVEL ‘DIARY OF DEAD BACHELORS’ AT 7:30PM ON SATURDAY THE 19TH OF AUGUST AT GALLERY SADE LOS ANGELES. MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ARTIST AND AUTHOR BRONTEZ PURNELL (B. TRIANA, ALABAMA) WILL PERFORM A LONG FORM READING FROM HIS YET TO BE PUBLISHED POETIC NEXT NOVEL, DIARY OF DEAD BACHELORS, AT 7:30PM ON SATURDAY AUGUST 19TH IN CELEBRATION OF HIS ROOMMATE KYLE RANSON'S CLOSING OF THE ORPHEAN LOOP SOLO SHOW AT SADE LOS ANGELES. IN 2022, THE AUTHOR'S PREVIOUS BOOK, 100 BOYFRIENDS, WON THE LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FOR GAY FICTION, WAS SHORT-LISTED FOR THE MARK TWAIN AMERICAN VOICE IN LITERATURE AWARD, AND WAS THE RECIPIENT OF THE FOUNDATION FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG AWARD. IN 2021 PURNELL RECEIVED THE  BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY LITERARY PRIZE, AND WAS NAMED AND EDITORS' CHOICE BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW. IN 2018, WAS THE RECIPIENT OF THE TENNESSEE WILLIAMS AWARD FOR FICTION, AND WAS LISTED AS ONE OF THE TOP BLACK MALE WRITERS OF OUR TIME BY THE NEW YORK TIMES' T-MAGAZINE. ADDITIONALLY, PURNELL HAS BEEN MAKING MUSIC SINCE THE 90'S AS A FOUNDER OF THE AFRO-PUNK DUO THE SOCIAL LIES, AND LATER GRAVY TRAIN!!!, AND CURRENTLY FRONTS THE BAND THE YOUNGER LOVERS. DOORS OPEN FROM 7-11PM. CONTACT SADE-LA@SADE-LA.COM FOR INQUIRIES.