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Cover of Real Life by Brandon Taylor

LGBTQ Book Club Discussing Real Life by Brandon Taylor

In-Person and Virtual Program
2024-08-27 19:00:00 2024-08-27 20:00:00 America/Los_Angeles LGBTQ Book Club Discussing Real Life by Brandon Taylor Join the LGBTQ Book Club for a hybrid (in-person and online) discussion of Real Life by Brandon Taylor. For adults. West Hollywood Library - Meeting Room

Tuesday, August 27
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2024-08-27 19:00:00 2024-08-27 20:00:00 America/Los_Angeles LGBTQ Book Club Discussing Real Life by Brandon Taylor Join the LGBTQ Book Club for a hybrid (in-person and online) discussion of Real Life by Brandon Taylor. For adults. West Hollywood Library - Meeting Room

West Hollywood Library

Meeting Room

Join the LGBTQ Book Club for a hybrid (in-person and online) discussion of Real Life by Brandon Taylor. For adults.

This is a hybrid event and will be hosted in-person in the West Hollywood Library Community Meeting Room as well as on Zoom. Please register at the link below to receive the link to the meeting via email.

https://library-lacounty-gov.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUlduusqzwoH92MVYkBI1cNV1yh91FxwpMf

West Hollywood Library's LGBTQ Book Club meets on the last Tuesday of the month to discuss literary works of relevance and interest to the LGBTQ+ community.

Please contact the library to borrow a print copy of the book. eBook and eAudiobook are available through Libby app/OverDrive.

Summary provided by the publisher:

Almost everything about Wallace is at odds with the Midwestern university town where he is working uneasily toward a biochem degree. An introverted young man from Alabama, black and queer, he has left behind his family without escaping the long shadows of his childhood. For reasons of self-preservation, Wallace has enforced a wary distance even within his own circle of friends—some dating each other, some dating women, some feigning straightness. But over the course of a late-summer weekend, a series of confrontations with colleagues, and an unexpected encounter with an ostensibly straight, white classmate, conspire to fracture his defenses while exposing long-hidden currents of hostility and desire within their community.

AGE GROUP: | Older Adults | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Books, Poetry, & Writing |

TAGS: | Virtual Program | LGBTQ+ Pride | Book Club |

West Hollywood Library
Phone: 310.652.5340
Hours
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About the branch

West Hollywood Library began service to the area (then unincorporated ) in 1913. The library was previously located at Sherman School, a cottage on Clark Street, a building on Westbourne Drive, and a building near the present site. The Library has an active Friends of the Library group.

The new library was dedicated October 1, 2011.

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Wed, Jan 22, 11:15am - 11:45am
Let’s get ready for school! Enjoy books, songs, rhymes, and movement while learning school readiness skills and having fun. For ages 2 - 5 with their parent or caregiver.
Naloxone (Narcan) and Fentanyl Test Strip Clinic - In-Person Program
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