Raritan Valley Community College’s Department of English will present an afternoon of words and music featuring author
Lynette Reini-Grandell
WHEN: December 4, at 4 p.m.
WHERE: the Atrium at the College’s Branchburg campus, 118 Lamington Road in Branchburg, NJ.
ADMISSION: free of charge and open to the public
For further information, visit www.raritanval.edu.
In the 1970s, poet Lynette Reini fell in love with a fascinating, talented man named Steve Grandell. They married in 1983; five years later, Grandell came out to her as transgender. Through the following decades, as her spouse developed a public persona as Venus de Mars and fronted the band All the Pretty Horses, the couple struggled to stay together. They navigated an often hostile, anti-trans environment; fractures grew between them as de Mars pushed the band toward success. Through hard work and love, the couple invented a way of being themselves.
Copies of the book will be available for purchase and light refreshments will be provided. To learn more about the author and musician, visit https://www.reini-grandell.com/ and https://atphband.com/.
For additional information about the event, contact Professor Michael McKeown Bondhus, Department of English, at michael.bondhus@raritanval.edu.