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MPL LGBTQ+ Book Group 2024-25
Aug. 12th, 2024 02:16 pmLast Thursday, the local library Fall Newsletter came out, including the schedule/titles for the year for the LGBTQ+ Book Group.
I think I'll probably go to most of them this year (as opposed to this past year, when I skipped most of them).
October 17
Pageboy: a memoir by Elliot Page (2023)
white trans man actor
November 14
You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat (2020)
novel about a Palestinian-American girl. not on the list of Palestine books I'd suggested to the facilitator (since I wasn't all that interested in this one), but it has probably gotten more buzz than any of the ones I'd suggested -- and I don't think I checked to make sure all the books I suggested are available in our library network.
December 12
Angels in America: a Gay Fantasia by Tony Kushner (1991)
I assume this is our classic. I don't think we've ever read a play before. I went to see this play (both parts) last year, so I will maybe only skim-read this?
January 9
Camp Damascus byChick Chuck Tingle (2023)
lol at the typo in the newsletter
a ~ horror novel about gay conversion camp. (I guess this is the closest we're getting to sci-fi/fantasy this season? It's also our lighter book for January.)
February 13
Homebodies by Tembe Denton-Hurst (2023)
the blurb says, "debut novel about a young Black writer whose world is turned upside down when she loses her coveted job in media and pens a searing manifesto about racism in the industry."
It's gotten a lot of low reviews on GR, so we'll see.
March 13
The House of Impossible Beauties by Joseph Cassara (2018)
I don't think I'd heard of this one before.
1980s NYC, House of Xtravaganza, Paris Is Burning fanfic? (one of the main characters is a trans woman but the author is a cis man -- who I assume is gay?)
April 17
A Minor Chorus by Billy-Ray Belcourt (2022)
I don't think I've read fiction by queer Cree poet Billy-Ray Belcourt before, so I'm bummed I'll miss this one (this book club meeting is on Maundy Thursday!). I'll probably read the book anyway.
May 8
Fun Home: a Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (2006)
memoir of a queer white woman. our annual graphic novel. I think I read this around the time it came out? I don't remember being blown away by it (yeah, I know), so I'll maybe only skim-read it?
June 12
Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant: a memoir by Curtis Chin (2023)
I've been interested in this book for a while.
"This memoir tells the story of Curtis Chin’s time growing up as a gay Chinese American kid in 1980’s Detroit."
I think I'll probably go to most of them this year (as opposed to this past year, when I skipped most of them).
October 17
Pageboy: a memoir by Elliot Page (2023)
white trans man actor
November 14
You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat (2020)
novel about a Palestinian-American girl. not on the list of Palestine books I'd suggested to the facilitator (since I wasn't all that interested in this one), but it has probably gotten more buzz than any of the ones I'd suggested -- and I don't think I checked to make sure all the books I suggested are available in our library network.
December 12
Angels in America: a Gay Fantasia by Tony Kushner (1991)
I assume this is our classic. I don't think we've ever read a play before. I went to see this play (both parts) last year, so I will maybe only skim-read this?
January 9
Camp Damascus by
lol at the typo in the newsletter
a ~ horror novel about gay conversion camp. (I guess this is the closest we're getting to sci-fi/fantasy this season? It's also our lighter book for January.)
February 13
Homebodies by Tembe Denton-Hurst (2023)
the blurb says, "debut novel about a young Black writer whose world is turned upside down when she loses her coveted job in media and pens a searing manifesto about racism in the industry."
It's gotten a lot of low reviews on GR, so we'll see.
March 13
The House of Impossible Beauties by Joseph Cassara (2018)
I don't think I'd heard of this one before.
1980s NYC, House of Xtravaganza, Paris Is Burning fanfic? (one of the main characters is a trans woman but the author is a cis man -- who I assume is gay?)
April 17
A Minor Chorus by Billy-Ray Belcourt (2022)
I don't think I've read fiction by queer Cree poet Billy-Ray Belcourt before, so I'm bummed I'll miss this one (this book club meeting is on Maundy Thursday!). I'll probably read the book anyway.
May 8
Fun Home: a Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (2006)
memoir of a queer white woman. our annual graphic novel. I think I read this around the time it came out? I don't remember being blown away by it (yeah, I know), so I'll maybe only skim-read it?
June 12
Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant: a memoir by Curtis Chin (2023)
I've been interested in this book for a while.
"This memoir tells the story of Curtis Chin’s time growing up as a gay Chinese American kid in 1980’s Detroit."