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Tuesday, November 12, 7pm
Tom Pyun author of Something Close to Nothing in conversation with K.M. Soehnlein First comes surrogacy, then comes the messy gay breakup in Tom Pyun’s tragi-comic debut novel that asks, is it ever too late to finally face yourself and grow up? Winston Kang and Jared Cahill seem like the perfect couple. When they check in for their flight to Cambodia, where they’re headed to meet the surrogate carrying their baby girl, even the woman at the airline counter recognizes it: “I’m so happy that marriage is legal for you guys,” she says. But while Jared is already planning for their second kid—half white like him, half Korean like Wynn—Wynn isn't ready to give up his dreams of becoming a hip-hop dancer to become "the hostage of a crying, pooping terrorist." So he does what anyone in his position would do: He leaves Jared at the airport. Wynn sets off on a journey around the globe, trying to figure out what it means to put himself first, from auditioning for Misty Espinoza’s comeback tour to organizing a Prince-themed flash mob. Oceans away, Jared starts to panic that no one in his life can talk to Meryl about her period or what it’s like to grow up Asian American.
Told in alternating points of view, Pyun’s sardonic and addictive page-turner confronts questions of race, identity, and privilege, pulling at the loose threads of the American Dream and facing the question of whether it’s ever too late to finally face yourself and grow up. |
Sin Soracco
author, with F. S. Rosa, of Post Traumatic Dress Disorder Thursday, Nov. 14, 7pm Why do I love this book? Perhaps because this sassy story unfolds in 1972, exactly when I arrived in San Francisco trying to figure out my gay identity. Its fascinating cast of characters, its fresh take on the fast-paced detective novel, and of course its all-important focus on fashion, set against San Francisco's colorful seventies LGBTQIA (long before that acronym existed!) underworld make this a page-turner.
-- Jim Van Buskirk, co-author of Gay By the Bay: A History of Queer Culture in the San Francisco Bay Area |
Sunday, November 17, 7pm
Sinister Wisdom Party
More info to come...
Sinister Wisdom Party
More info to come...
Monday, November 18, 7pm
David Jay auhtor of Relationality: How Moving from Transactional to Transformational Relationships Can Reshape Our Lonely World How might the world change if those who nurture relationship were rewarded for the value that they create?
Powerful institutions, from schools to tech and social media companies, create breeding grounds for isolation by failing to invest in relational work. This obstacle stands in the way of our fight for racial equity, economic justice, and climate resilience. In Relationality, leading asexuality and relationship activist David Jay brings clarity to the crisis with a fresh perspective that expands upon the fundamental idea that all entities in the universe are connected. Jay draws from a range of vivid personal experiences, including his time spent helping tech workers and policymakers reform social media. This book is for people who believe in the power of relationships and want to see increased investment in relational work. Its scientifically grounded framework will help readers foster conversations about relational work, establish conditions for relationships to thrive, and quantify the impact of them. |
If you want to schedule a reading or book release party, email Becka. Please note: we concentrate on LGBTQ+ titles, but do make exceptions. Just FYI, we tend to do well with essay collections, novels, memoirs, and history, and less well with self-help books, academic titles, and poetry. We All events must be scheduled at least 6 weeks in advance and (since we do not have a public rest room) readings should last no longer than 90 minutes. Also, we don't do events on Fridays and Saturdays or between Thanksgiving and Saint Patrick's Day.
Please note: we truly wish we could host everyone who wants to hold an event here. Alas, there are simply too many wonderful authors with wonderful books for us to accommodate all the requests we receive. Thanks for understanding!
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Please note: we truly wish we could host everyone who wants to hold an event here. Alas, there are simply too many wonderful authors with wonderful books for us to accommodate all the requests we receive. Thanks for understanding!
If you are a scheduled reader looking for info on events, click here.