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Saturday, March 25
The Any Book of the Month Club
The Any Book of the Month Club
This will be the first meeting of a literary salon and facilitated discussion where YOU get to come and converse with other book-lovers about WHATEVER BOOK YOU CHOOSE!
It can be a book you love or a book you thought you should like better; in either case, this is your chance to tell everyone all about it.
Limit of 25 people. No reservations.
Fourth Saturdays of each month.
Donations appreciated, no one turned away for lack of funds
Join on meetup!
It can be a book you love or a book you thought you should like better; in either case, this is your chance to tell everyone all about it.
- Meet new friends. You already have something in common with everyone who attends!
- Discover new favorite books!
- Have tea and cookies !
Limit of 25 people. No reservations.
Fourth Saturdays of each month.
Donations appreciated, no one turned away for lack of funds
Join on meetup!
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Tuesday, March 28 - 7pm
Alo Johnston author of Am I Trans Enough? How to Overcome Your Doubts and Find Your Authentic Self Eventbrite A clear accessible guide presentig the author's understanding, knowledge and wisdom by incorporating not only his personal experience but also his notable clinical expertise. With care, warmth and compassion, Johnston deftly addresses many questions and feelings those in the transgender community might have and simultaneously created an important resource for allies, families and professionals.--Thomas Mondragon
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Cecilia Gentili, advocate, organizer and storyteller working at the intersections of sex work, immigrant rights, incarceration issues and trans liberation, is joined by Aria Sa’id, SF-based transgender advocate and founder of The Transgender District, to discuss her new book Faltas: Letters to Everyone in My Hometown Who Isn’t My Rapist, an epistolary memoir about transgender childhood, sexual trauma, motherhood, and a young queer life in 1970s Argentina.
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ONLINE EVENT:
The San Francisco Public Library Tuesday, March 29 - 6pm Celilia Gentili author of Faltas: Letters to Everyone in My Hometown Who Isn't My Rapist in conversation with Aria Sa'id register HERE |
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In this novel two conversion therapy survivors go back to the site of their trauma, hoping the truth will set them free . . . This satisfyingly nuanced story tackles sexuality and spiritual abuse, offering connection and redemption.
--Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review |
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A low-income Baltimore neighborhood is targeted for a controversial urban renewal project-an amusement park in the theme of Baltimore itself-that forces its residents to reckon with racism, displacement, and their futures. Peter Cryer is a queer teenager who fantasizes about leaving Baltimore and the instability of his home life while also seeking a place to belong. Ruth Anne, his prickly mother, is terrorized by her estranged husband and the indecision of what to do after the wrecking ball comes through her neighborhood. Thomas, a cleric and History teacher at Peter's school, questions his vocation in the face of the neighborhood's destruction. These three voices braid together a portrait of a neighborhood in flux, the role of community and violence in our time, and the struggles of a very real and oft misunderstood city.
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TeenagersTommy Gaye, from 1986, and Pris Devrees, from 2044, travel across the astral plane to save the ones they love.
"The narrative's myriad alternating perspectives and well-plotted timeline smartly propel intense action, and references to the AIDS crisis and an unnamed 2044 virus grounds this imaginative telling in contemporary reality." -- Publishers Weekly |
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Award-winning author and immigration attorney Orlando Ortega-Medina returns to 1990s San Francisco in The Fitful Sleep of Immigrants, a powerful family drama that plays out within a captivating legal thriller. Attorney Marc Mendes, the estranged son of a prominent rabbi and a burned-out lawyer with addiction issues, plots his exit from the big city to a more peaceful life in idyllic Napa Valley. But before realizing his dream, the US government summons his Salvadoran life partner Isaac Perez to immigration court, threatening him with deportation. As Marc battles to save Isaac, his world is further upended by a dark and alluring client who aims to tempt him away from his messy life.
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Thursday, April 20 - 7pm
Chris Lombardi author of Blue: Season literary mystery, set in the 1990s: How did Molly, a promising musician and graduate student, end up in a Baltimore psychiatric hospital calling herself Lucia? al hospital where she'd lived for more than 40 years. Susie Hara author of The House on Ashbury Street Friends, Nikki and Deb, come together in a search for answers about devastating events that occurred decades earlier at a Haight-Ashbury commune where they both lived during the Vietnam War. Mike Karpa author of The Wealthy Whites of Williamsburg The White family lives in trendy Williamsburg. Mom and Dad have good jobs, trust funds and secrets. Big secrets. Daughter Demmy refuses to be a legacy to Yale and 5-year-old Abby gets life advice from pop stars, but will inclusivity be enough to save them from not getting everything they want? |
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Friday, April 21 - 7pm
Robbie Crouch author of If I See You Again Tomorrow in conversation with Adam Silvera, author of They Both Die at The End A speculative young adult romance about a teen stuck in a time loop that’s endlessly monotonous until he meets the boy of his dreams.
For some reason, shy, reservedClark has woken up and relived the same monotonous Monday 309 times. Day 310 turns out to be…different. His usual torturous math class is interrupted by an anomaly—a boy he’s never seen before in all his previous Mondays. When Clark decides to throw caution to the wind and join effusive and effervescent Beau on a series of “errands” across the Windy City, he never imagines that anything will really change, because nothing has in such a long time. And he definitely doesn’t expect to fall this hard or this fast for someone in just one day. There’s just one problem: how do you build a future with someone if you can never get to tomorrow? |
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Tuesday, April 25 - 7pm
And evening of Music Poetry & Prose Featuring Yeva Johnson whose poems explore interlocking caste systems and the possibilities for human connection. Edward Gunawa an Indonesian-born Chinese queer immigrant, is an interdisciplinary storyteller, author and filmmaker. antmen pimentel mendoza the author of the chapbook MY BOYFRIEND APOCALYPSE (Nomadic Press, 2023). D'mani Thomas a poet interested in the tiny moments that capture attention spans. |
If you want to schedule a reading or book release party, email or call the store and ask for Alvin or Becka. Please note: we concentrate on LGBTQ+ titles, but do make exceptions. All events must be scheduled at least 6 weeks in advance, should last no longer than 1 hour, and we don't do events on weekends or Wednesdays.