Read any good books lately? Come ready to share! Choose\, explore\, and discuss thought-provoking fiction and non-fi ction titles. The recommended book for October is "Blackouts&rdquo\; by Ju stin Torres. Pick up a copy of the book from the Information Desk or try t he eBook at the \; \;Ohio Digital Library. This discussion will be h eld in-person. Registration is recommended for in-person. \;
\nSynopsis: &ldquo\;Out in the desert in a place called the Palace\, a young man tends to a dying soul\, someone he o nce knew briefly\, but who has haunted the edges of his life. Juan Gay--pl ayful raconteur\, child lost and found and lost\, guardian of the institut ionalized--has a project to pass along to this new narrator. It is inspire d by a true artifact of a book\, &ldquo\;Sex Variants: A Study in Homosexu al Patterns\,&rdquo\; which contains stories collected in the early twenti eth century from queer subjects by a queer researcher\, Jan Gay\, whose gr oundbreaking work was then co-opted by a committee\, her name buried. As J uan waits for his end\, he and the narrator trade stories--moments of joy and oblivion--and resurrect lost loves\, lives\, mothers\, fathers\, and m inor heroes. The past is with us\, beside us\, ahead of us\; what are we t o create from its gaps and erasures?&rdquo\; \;- Goodreads.
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