This post was submitted by Philip Clark

Dear TNG Readers:

Regrettably, with the timing of this column, you’ve only got one day to read the Lavender Book Club’s selection, Andrew Sean Greer’s The Story of a Marriage, before tomorrow’s meeting.  But if you’ve already read the book (and/or saw Greer’s well-attended and high-quality reading at Politics & Prose last spring), join the Lavenders tomorrow.  The first of the two Lambda Sci-Fi book club meetings is this week, as well.

Also note that the first of the two dates listed for Bookmen DC is a 10th anniversary celebration, so no book is being read.  See below for contact information if you’re a current or former group member and want to attend; the meeting won’t be held at the usual location, so you’ll want to e-mail for details.

All links on the name of a book club take you to its webpage. All links on the names of the books take you to their page on the website of Lambda Rising.

TNG is now a participant in the Lambda Rising affiliate program. If you click the link of a book mentioned on the website—for example, in this very column—and purchase it using Lambda Rising’s online ordering, a percentage of the sale price will come back to TNG. Purchasing books from your local gay bookstore is a fine way to avoid watching more of them closed down.

As always, all the clubs listed here welcome new members at any time, and you’re under no obligation to go to every meeting in order to be a member.

Pick up a book!

Best wishes,
Philip

Big Gay Book Club: Wednesday, May 13, 7:00 p.m. Location: TBA; either check the group’s website closer to the day or e-mail Robert at biggaybookgroup@hotmail.comfor more location information. Book: Chronicles of a Plague, Revisited by Andrew Holleran.  (Note: This book is an expanded, updated version of Holleran’s essay collection Ground Zero.  It is an amazing book that has been unjustly forgotten amid Holleran’s better-known fiction offerings.)

Bookmen DC: All meetings are held at 7:30 p.m. at the Charles Sumner School (1201 17th St., NW). Wednesday, May 6: 10th Anniversary Gala; no book to be read; e-mail SAHonley@his.com for details if interested, as this meeting won’t be at the Sumner School. Wednesday, May 20: Best Gay Stories 2008 (first 5 stories), edited by Steve Berman.

Lavender Book Club: Tuesday, April 21, 7:30 p.m. Location: Borders, 1801 K St., NW. Book: The Story of a Marriage by Andrew Sean Greer.

Lambda Sci-Fi: Time: 7:30 p.m. Location: Peter and Rob’s house, 1425 S St., NW. Thursday, April 23: Un Lun Dun by China Mieville.  Thursday, May 28th:  Farthing by Jo Walton.

Literally Lesbians: 6:30 p.m (discussion of book starts at 7 p.m.). Location: Teaism, Penn Quarter (400 8th St. NW). Monday, May 4th: First Person Plural by Andrew W.M. Beierle.

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