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a book that sounds like fun

Eh, I just heard about this book, and it sounds fun. So, check it out if you like: Queen of the Oddballs by Hilary Carlip. Also just read about British author Shamim Sarif's two novels: her debut The World Unseen (2001), about two women in 1950s apartheid South Africa who fall in love; and second novel, Despite The Falling Snow (2004).

Winter reading

Well, we had a lovely discussion of Venus of Chalk the other night. Unfortunately, some of us (me!) didn't actually get around to reading the book, so it was kinda short and sweet. This month, it's Alison Bechdel's Fun Home - our first graphic novel. We do our best to try new things! We selected readings for the coming months. In March we'll read Nicole Brossard's latest title, Yesterday, at the Hotel Clarendon . I'm a huge fan, even though if I'm honest most of it's over my head. Members selected a title by an Indian writer, Suniti Namjoshi, Feminist Fables , for April. Then May's selection is a bit lighter: The Magician's Assistant by Ann Patchett . And for June, we've decided to try a non-fiction item. It's Judith Halberstam's In a Queer Time and Place: Transgender Bodies, Subcultural Lives . At least, I think that's the title!