Edmonton Lesbian+ Book Club

This month we're reading Magdalena Zurawski's The Bruise . It reminded me of H.D. and Elizabeth Smart. Some sort of melding of their styles. Moments not stripped down to their bare bones, but described in impossible detail, pages on one single moment, breath, look, thought. I got some suggestions for future reading too. Jackie Kay's Trumpet sounds pretty interesting. Lucy Jane Bledsoe has a new book, The Big Bang Symphony , that looks really good. Also, it's a book that comes with a trailer . Very amusing. And lastly, Shamim Sarif's latest book I Can't Think Straight looks really good. I follow her on facebook . She's a busy woman. Shamim is equally accomplished as an author and film director and this book is being made into a movie starring Lisa Ray. Uh, I'm in! Adding to reading list immediately. And we have to arrange to see the movie too. Yes, I said "have to." What.

Local poet Laurie MacFayden read for us last night from her newly published collection of poetry, titled "White Shirt." Lucky us, she also read from some new material she's working on, and read from all the juiciest sapphic selections in her gravelly melodic voice. Some of my favourite lines "she tugs my belt/i'm in a trance she's a sexy honeyboy and i don't stand a chance" "does she know how much i want the voice on the phone to be you/to be, always, always you ... i want it to be you/ for me you/ wanting me" If you want to know which poem and what, you'll have to buy her book! Thank you Laurie! It was wonderful. Book clubbers? Next month, Magdalena Zurawski. Be sending those suggestions to add to the reading list, pls!