The 26th Annual Garden Party :: June 22, 2009

Photography by Robert Doyle

Remember that childhood dream of being locked in the grocery store-and nothing to do but eat your way through the aisles all night long? Transfer that dream to Pier 54 in Manhattan on the Monday night of Pride Week-and you’ve got the Center’s Garden Party.

Long-term New Yorkers, Mark and Robert have also lived in San Francisco, Boston, Provincetown, D.C., Miami Beach and the south of France. The recipient of fellowships at MacDowell, Yaddo, and Blue Mountain Center, Mark is a PhD in American history and literature, as well as the author of the novels Wolfchild and My Hawaiian Penthouse. Robert is the producer of the documentary We Are All Children of God. Their work has appeared in numerous publications, as well as at : www.mrny.com.