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id="main_stage"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class=normaltext> <tr> <td valign="top"> <br> <span class="article-top">Book Club Zoom Discussing Will Schwalbe's (Yalie) "We Should Not be Friends"</span><br> <span class="author">written by <a href="#"><a href="mailto:mickeydobbs@yahoo.com">MichaelDobbs</a></a>, 4/15/22 7:37am</span><br><span class="author">edited by <a href="#"><a href="mailto:mickeydobbs@yahoo.com">MichaelDobbs</a></a>, 5/22/24 10:56pm</span><br> <br> <span class="subhead">Join us for a lively discussion of Will Schwalbe's "We Should Not be Friends" who will join for the dicussion!</span><br><br> <p class ="normaltext"><p> <br /> <b style="font-size: medium">Facebook Info (to Share): <br /> <br /> Monday, July 15, 2024</b> </p> <p> <b style="font-size: medium">8:00-9:30 pm ET (Eastern Time); 5 pm Pacific Time<br /> <br /> </b> </p> <p> <font size="3"><b>Join us for a lively discussion of Yale GALA's own Will Schwalbe's "We Should Not be Friends" who will join for the dicsussion!</b></font> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> <font size="3"><b>Please RSVP for the Zoom link</b>. (Same as last month, if you attended before). </font><br /> </p> <div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <span style="font-size: medium; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /> [We send book announcements to everyone who indicates an interest in the Book Club] - if you aren't receiving these emails please send natasha@yalegala.org your details.</span> </div> <p> <b style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: red"><br /> </span></b> </p> <div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small"> <p style="margin: 0px" class="MsoNormal"> “ </p> </div> <p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; display: inline; color: #474747; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px"> </p> <p style="margin: 12pt 0in 0in" class="MsoNormal"> <font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">2. <b>Wikipedia Entry:</b> </font> </p> <p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; color: #202122"> <font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><i><b><br /> <br /> </b></i></font> </p> <p style="margin: 12pt 0in 0in" class="MsoNormal"> <br /> <font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="3" style="color: #222222"><b><br /> 3. 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Reviews</span></h3> <p> <font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"> </font> </p> <h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 12px; margin-bottom: 8px; color: var(--font-color-headings,var(--generic-graphite,#292929)); font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: var(--font-weight-headings,600); break-after: avoid; break-inside: avoid; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.37" class="cp-heading heading-modest review-source heading--linked">Library Journal</h4> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #474747; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px" class="cp-expandable-html"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box" class="expandable-html__text-container"> <br /> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline" class="expandable-html__text"> </div> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline" class="expandable-html__text"> <span style="color: var(--font-color-headings,var(--generic-graphite,#292929)); font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: var(--font-weight-headings,600)">Publishers Weekly<br /> </span><br /> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline" class="expandable-html__text"> <span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px"><br /> <br /> <br /> </span> </div> <div> <h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; color: var(--font-color-headings,var(--generic-graphite,#292929)); font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: var(--font-weight-headings,600); break-after: avoid; break-inside: avoid; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.37" class="cp-heading heading-modest review-source heading--linked">Booklist</h4> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #474747; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px" class="cp-expandable-html"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box" class="expandable-html__text-container"> <br /> </div> </div> <p> </p> <p> <span style="font-size: 18px; box-sizing: border-box"><b style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black">–> ** INVITE ** ANY YALE ALUMNI to our discussion on July 20: </span></b></span> </p> <p style="margin: 0in; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p style="margin: 0in; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif" class="MsoNormal"> <b style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black">NOTE: Our informal group doesn’t have any set “curriculum;” we discuss the books that members nominate and that we all vote for…</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"> but ongoing themes, connected to LGBTQ+ experience – sometimes including Yale – do emerge. <b>At discussions, each of us can bring up ANY points we want</b>. We welcome the widest range of opinions, in a lively collegial atmosphere – Boola Boola Redux!</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px"> </span> </p> <p> </p> <p> <span style="font-size: medium; font-family: sans-serif; caret-color: #000000">Yale GALA LGBTQ+ Book Club is a series of lively Zoom discussions of LGBTQ+ contemporary and classic novels, non-fiction, plays, and poetry. All alumni are welcome, of all orientations, genders, races, and points of view. We meet the third Thursday of every month at 8 pm ET via Zoom. </span> </p> <p> <font size="3"> </font> </p> <p> <font size="3" color="#ff0000"><b><span style="caret-color: #4a4a4a; font-family: 'Mallory Light'">To register, please<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>email natasha@yalegalaevents.org<span style="caret-color: #4a4a4a"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: 'Mallory Light'"> </span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">with the subject line, “Yale GALA LGBTQ+ Book Club: We Should Not Be Friends" -</font></span></b></font><b style="color: #ff0000; font-size: medium"><span style="caret-color: #4a4a4a"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> or simply Book Club</font></span></b> </p> <p> <br /> <font size="2"> More Info: </font><a href="http://www.yalegala.org/article.html?aid=750">http://www.yalegala.org/article.html?aid=750</a> </p> <div> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif"> <b><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black">SOME BOOKS TO CONSIDER FOR FUTURE DISCUSSIONS</span></b> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black"> </span> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black">We are NOT limited to the below recommendations but see what you think of these diverse titles.<b> </b></span><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: red">Nominate any LGBTQ+ book that interests you, contemporary or classic</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black">, whether a work of<b> FICTION </b>(novel, story collection), <b>NON-FICTION</b> (history, biography, memoir, essay collection),<b> PLAY</b> (or musical), or<b> POETRY</b>; there doesn’t need to be a Yale connection. Mention your choice, at a discussion, and I’ll add it to the following list for future group emails. We periodically, live at the beginning of discussions, take nominations and then vote as a group. <br /> <br /> For our UPCOMING OPEN DATES (‘Third Thursdays’) – <b>in the next couple of months, we need to select books for: March , April and May. </b> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black">If you’re looking for some ideas, </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">here are </span><a href="https://jclarkmedia.com/gaybooks/#external" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">major LGBTQ+ book ‘best lists’ and award winners</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"> (Lambda Literary, Publishing Triangle, Stonewall Awards, more). <b>NEW!</b> </span><a href="https://jclarkmedia.com/bipoc/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) LGBTQ+ literature</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"> with links to external BIPOC sites. You’re not limited to those websites. PLEASE NOTE: new titles take a few months to become widely available in libraries. Here are members’ recommendations.<span style="color: black"></span></span> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black"> </span> </p> <ul type="disc" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">AMAN</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"> recommends: (FICTION) <b>Delicious Foods</b> by James Hannaham; <b>Marriage of a Thousand Lies</b> by SJ Sindu; <b>The Prophets</b> by Robert Jones Jr.; <b>The Story of a Marriage</b> by Andrew Sean Greer. (NON-FICTION)</span><span style="color: windowtext"> </span><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">Becoming a Man: The Story of a Transition</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"> by P Carl; <b>Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body</b> by Roxane Gay; <b>Love, Hait and Click Bait</b> by Liz Bower and <b>Ghost Wall: A Novel </b>by Sarah Moss.</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">ANN</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"> recommends: <b>The Motion of Light in Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village</b> memoir by Samuel R. Delany</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">BRUCE</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"> recommends: <b>Giovanni's Room</b> by James Baldwin; <b>The Gallery</b> by John Horne Burns (1947); <b>Dreadful: The Short Life and Gay Times of John Horne Burns</b> by David Margolick</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">CHIP</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"> recommends: <b>Poetry of Emily Dickinson</b> (list of </span><span style="color: windowtext"><a href="https://jclarkmedia.com/dickinson/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">Dickinson’s most openly lesbian poems</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">); <b>There Will be No Miracles Here</b> by Casey Gerald; and <b>Dreadful: The Short Life and Gay Times of John Horne Burns</b> by David Margolick</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">JIM</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"> recommends: <b>The Bell</b> by Iris Murdoch; <b>The Importance of Being Earnest</b> by Oscar Wilde; <b>Julian</b> [last ‘pagan’ Roman emperor] by Gore Vidal; <b>Pictures and Passions: A History of Homosexuality in the Visual Arts</b> by James M. Saslow (includes hundreds of art photos; winner of two Lambda Literary Awards) – THANKS</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: windowtext"> to Prof. Saslow,<b> </b></span><span style="color: windowtext"><a href="https://www.academia.edu/41736543/Pictures_and_Passions_A_History_of_Homosexuality_in_the_Visual_Arts" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background: yellow">Pictures and Passions is briefly FREE to download complete</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: windowtext"> (use the basic “Download PDF” link; 59 MB) and <b>Gilgamesh</b> (which translation). </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">MARY ANNE</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"> recommends: <b>The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia</b> by Masha Gessen; and <b>Love Me Tender</b> by Constance Debre (English translation and/or French original). </span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">TASH</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"> recommends: </span><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"> by Imani Perry. There is also a PBS documentary :) </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">CAROLYN recommends: Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl b Andrea Lawlor and XX by Carolina Robertis</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; color: red; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">What would YOU – including new members – like our group to discuss? Nominate ANY LGBTQ+ book that interests you! I’ll add your recommendations here.</span></b></li> </ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif"> <b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black"> </span></b> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif"> <span style="font-size: 12pt"> </span> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif"> <b><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black">BOOKS WE’VE DISCUSSED (Complete List):</span></b><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black"></span> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif"> </p> <ul type="disc" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt">April 2024: "Most Ardently" by Gale Cole Novoa</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">March 2024: </span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">February 2024:</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">January 2024: TBD</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">December 2023: Why Fish Don't Exist" by LuLu Miller</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">November 2023: "My Government Means to Kill Me" by Rasheed Newson</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">October 2023: Time Square Red Times Square Blue, by Samuel Delany</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">September 2023: "The Future is History. How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia" by Masha Gessen </span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in">August 2023</li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">July 2023: "Girls Can Kiss Now" by Jill Gutowitz - a collection of essays</span> </li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">June 2023: I'm Afraid of Men and People Change -- both by Vivek Sharya; and History Compics - The Stonewall Riots, Making a Stand for LGBTQ Rights (a graphic novel for ages 9-13). </span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">May 2023: Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters (2020)</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">April 2023: Genderqueer by Maia Kobabe (2019)</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">March 2023: There Will Be No Miracles Here by Casey Gerald (Yale MC '09)</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">February 2023: Love in the Big City by Sang Jong Park. Translated by Anton Hur (2021-201 pages)</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">January 2023: The Summer Book by Tove Jansson</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">December 2022: Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies:A Memoir of Love, Loss and Other Four-Letter Words by Michael Ausiello (2017). Also a Dec 2022 movie Spoiler</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">November 2022: Love, Hate and Click Bait by Liz Bowery (2022)</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">October 2022: </span><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"> by Imani Perry (Yale '94). (2018) - 250 pages. PBG movie is Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">September 2022: <b>Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl</b>, by Andrea Lawlor (2017)</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">May and June 2022: <b>Maurice</b>, by EM Forster (1913 - published 1971 with a happy ending)</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">April 2022: <b>On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous</b>, by Ocean Vuong</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">March 2022: <b>Ain't I a Woman</b>, by bell hooks</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">February 2022 – <b>Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street</b>, Stephen Sondheim’s “Musical Thriller”</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">January 2022 – <b>Song in a Weary Throat</b>, Pauli Murray’s memoir. (Movie available)</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">December 2021 – <b>Orlando</b>, Virginia Woolf’s novel</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">November 2021 – <b>Shuggie Bain</b>, Douglas Stuart’s novel</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">October 2021 – <b>Fa**ots</b>, Larry Kramer’s satirical first novel</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">September 2021 – <b>The Sparsholt Affair</b>, Alan Hollinghurst’s novel</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">August 2021 – <b>The Talented Mr. Ripley</b>, Patricia Highsmith’s thriller novel</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">July 2021 – <b>Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story</b>, Paul Monette’s memoir</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">June 2021 – <b>Girl, Woman, Other</b>, Bernardine Evaristo’s novel</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">May 2021 – <b>The Inheritance</b>, Matthew Lopez’s play, inspired by E.M. Forster’s novel <b>Howards End</b></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">April 2021 – <b>The Heart’s Invisible Furies</b>, John Boyne’s novel</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">March 2021 – <b>Native Country of the Heart, a Memoir</b>, by Cherríe Moraga</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">February 2021 – <b>Leaves of Grass</b> (1855 first version), Walt Whitman’s poetry</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">January 2021 – <b>The Song of Achilles</b>, Madeline Miller’s novel</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">December 2020 – <b>Call Me by Your Name</b>, André Aciman’s novel [no meetings in October or November]</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">September 2020 – <b>The Gods of Tango</b>, Carolina de Robertis’s novel [no meeting in August]</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">July 2020 – <b>Under the Udala Trees</b>, Chinelo Okparanta’s novel</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">June 2020 (our first discussion) – <b>Zami: A New Spelling of My Name</b>, Audre Lorde’s autobiographical novel (“biomythography”)</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> <b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> More info: </font></b> </p> </div> </p> </td> </tr> </table></div> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td align=center valign=middle height=150 class=hellorow><br />© Copyright Yale Gay and Lesbian Alumni/ae Association, Inc., ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.<br /> <a href="http://www.AlumniMagnet.com"><img src="images/magnet_assets/icons/powered_by_alumnimagnet_2.png" id="bobtopcap" style="width: 220px; height: 30px;" border="0" class=shakoof ></a><br> <a href="http://www.AlumniMagnet.com" style="font-family:arial; font-size:9px; font-color:#333333; text-decoration:none;">Alumni Development Software</a> </td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>