Proto-Homos: Male-Male Erotic Cultures in the U.S. before 1900 will feature:
Chris Packard, author of Queer Cowboys (2005)
Jonathan Ned Katz, author of Love Stories : Sex between Men before Homosexuality (2003)
David Deitcher, author of Dear Friends: American Photographs of Men Together, 1840-1918 (2001, paperback now available 2005)
Following the reading (7:30 - 8:30 p.m.), there will be a reception celebrating the publication of Packard's novel Queer Cowboys.