A celebrated young writer for The New York Times Magazine will speak Thursday about his writing on gender and sexuality in America in the Gerlinger Alumni Lounge at 4 p.m. Benoit Denizet-Lewis has written for Boston Magazine, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Boston Globe Magazine, ESPN the Magazine, Details Magazine and Out Magazine. He is a two-time finalist for the Livingston Award, a $10,000 prize given to young journalists, according to a press release.
In his work, Denizet-Lewis has examined the culture of underground sex clubs for gay black men in Atlanta and Cleveland. Another piece profiles the life of a 13-year-old person born female but who identifies as male, and details his struggles growing up working-class in California with his conservative but loving single mother.
He has also written character portraits of a respected team doctor for the Boston Red Sox and a brilliant, unorthodox tennis coach who trained Andre Agassi to be a champion.
Denizet-Lewis is speaking as part of the Richard W. Johnston Memorial Project. The project’s namesake graduated from the University in 1936 and began a successful career in journalism that spanned four decades, ending with his death in 1981, according to the project’s Web site. After his death, his widow, Laurie, helped set up a trust to bring professionals to discuss their trades at the University.
The event is free and open to the public.