PSB: Boston Edition is excited to host Christian John Wikane for the release of A Night at the Disco. Philip Robinson will join Wikane in conversation.

This event will take place at our BOSTON store. See transportation details below.

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ABOUT A NIGHT AT THE DISCO

A Night at the Disco is a celebration of groundbreaking dance music from 1970–’79. An unprecedented collection of photographs of more than 100 artists, illuminating the styles and sounds from a decade that sparked a global phenomenon in music and culture. Exclusive comments from Donna Summer, Barry Gibb, Debbie Harry, Giorgio Moroder, founding members of CHIC, Labelle, The Trammps, Village People, Earth, Wind & Fire, and dozens more artists, songwriters and producers, offering fascinating insights that tell the stories behind the beats. From underground New York clubs to discothèques across the globe, A Night at the Disco illustrates how artists spanning soul, pop, disco, funk, jazz and rock defined nightlife during the 1970s and influenced popular music to the present day.

With a foreword by Verdine White of Earth, Wind & Fire, this is a real treat for music, dance and disco fans everywhere.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Christian John Wikane is a NYC-based writer who has interviewed 500+ recording artists. He is a Contributing Editor at PopMatters, Co-producer of Unscripted: Conversations with Christian John Wikane, and Consultant on Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over (CNN), Love to Love You, Donna Summer (HBO), and the Emmy-nominated Tina Turner documentary, TINA (HBO).

Philip Robinson is an award-winning poet, writer and activist. He began writing poetry in the late 1960s while an undergraduate at Emerson College, continuing to develop his voice through graduate studies at Boston College and in the years that followed. His first book of poems, Secret Passages: A Trilogy of Thought, was published in the late 1980s. His work appears in several landmark anthologies, including The Road Before Us: 100 Gay Black Poets edited by Assotto Saint and In the Life: A Black Gay Anthology edited by Joseph Beam. He is also included in When the Drama Club Is Not Enough, The Last Closet: The Real Lives of Lesbian and Gay Teachers, and Life in Our Own Words. Philip’s second poetry collection, We Still Leave a Legacy, is dedicated to friends and fellow writers who transitioned due to HIV/AIDS. His other books include In the Trenches: The Voice of a Guidance Counselor and A Chair at Any Table and Other Tales.  He has completed the manuscript for his forthcoming collection, Dancing With the Ancestors and Other Beloveds.