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SUMMARY:Virtual Queer Book Club
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DESCRIPTION:Queer Book Club is a small but enthusiastic community that mee
 ts monthly to discuss queer-themed books spanning numerous genres. Please 
 register below to receive a link to our virtual meeting..\nhttps://dclibra
 ry.libnet.info/event/9379516
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>This month we'll be meeting virtually to d
 iscuss <a href="https://catalog.dclibrary.org/client/en_US/dcpl/search/res
 ults?qu=a+history+of+my+brief+body+billy+ray&amp\;te="><strong><em>A Histo
 ry of My Brief Body</em></strong></a> by Billy-Ray Belcourt:</p>\n<p style
 ="padding-left: 30px\;">"Billy-Ray Belcourt's debut memoir opens with a te
 nder letter to his kokum and memories of his early life in the hamlet of J
 oussard\, Alberta\, and on the Driftpile First Nation. Piece by piece\, Bi
 lly-Ray's writings invite us to unpack and explore the big and broken worl
 d he inhabits every day\, in all its complexity and contradiction: a legac
 y of colonial violence and the joy that flourishes in spite of it\; first 
 loves and first loves lost\; sexual exploration and intimacy\; the act of 
 writing as a survival instinct and a way to grieve. What emerges is not on
 ly a profound meditation on memory\, gender\, anger\, shame\, and ecstasy\
 , but also the outline of a way forward.</p>\n<p style="padding-left: 30px
 \;">With startling honesty\, and in a voice distinctly and assuredly his o
 wn\, Belcourt situates his life experiences within a constellation of semi
 nal queer texts\, among which this book is sure to earn its place. Eye-ope
 ning\, intensely emotional\, and excessively quotable\, A History of My Br
 ief Body demonstrates over and over again the power of words to both devas
 tate and console us."</p>\nhttps://dclibrary.libnet.info/event/9379516
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