the book club of the south coast lgbtq+ network

With so much online content competing for everyone's attention, great literary works often get overlooked or underappreciated. We created this Book Club as a forum for LGBTQ+ readers in the South Coast to discuss works that are important to our community's narrative.

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The Other side of paradise by stacyann chin

Lambda Literary says, "Spoken word artist and political activist Staceyann Chin lowers her voice a few decibels to deliver a surprisingly quiet and touching memoir about growing up in Jamaica in the 70s and 80s." Join a conversation about this important work that addresses issues of race and sexuality.

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REAL LIFE BY BRANDON TAYLOR

Selected as a New York Times Editors' Choice, Taylor's work is called, "A novel of startling intimacy, violence, and mercy among friends in a Midwestern university town, from an electric new voice."