Queer Book Club
Thu, May 02
|Read Rose Books
Open to all, this is primarily a space for queer folks to meet other people in the community and share their love of reading by diving into books that explore the queer identity!
Time & Location
May 02, 2024, 6:30 PM – 7:40 PM
Read Rose Books, 23 N Prince St, Lancaster, PA 17603, USA
Guests
About the event
Hello! For May we will be reading The Selected Works of Audre Lorde.
Self-described "black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet" Audre Lorde is an unforgettable voice in twentieth-century literature, and one of the first to center the experiences of black, queer women. This essential reader showcases her indelible contributions to intersectional feminism, queer theory, and critical race studies in twelve landmark essays and more than sixty poems--selected and introduced by one of our most powerful contemporary voices on race and gender, Roxane Gay.
Among the essays included here are:
- "The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action"
- "The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House"
- "I Am Your Sister"
- Excerpts from the American Book Award-winning A Burst of Light
The poems are drawn from Lorde's nine volumes, including The Black Unicorn and National Book Award finalist From a Land Where Other People Live. Among them are:
- "Martha"
- "A Litany for Survival"
- "Sister Outsider"
- "Making Love to Concrete"
To prepare for this meeting! -
To purchase online please use this link! This will take you to Read Rose Books on Bookshop.org.
This book is available for free through the Lancaster Library, Lancaster Hoopla App, and there are unlimited copies through the Queer Liberation Library Libby.
Join the conversation on Discord!
Please feel free to bring a snack or drink to share.
Resources to Access Books:
Lancaster Library
Hoopla App - Library Card Needed
Libby App - Library Card Needed
https://bookshop.org/shop/readrosebooks - Physical copy available for purchase and supports Read Rose Books
https://libro.fm/readrosebooks - Audiobooks available for purchase and supports Read Rose Books