GayRidge Reads: Bi-Monthly Bookclub
Schedule
Sun Mar 15 2026 at 04:00 pm to 05:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
The BookMark Shoppe | New York, NY
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For March, GayRidge is reading and discussing Idlewild: A Novel by James Frankie Thomas. This coming-of-age novel set in a Quaker high school in early-2000s Manhattan has received praise for its portrayal of the hilarity, earnestness, and angst of young queer friendship. -
🗓️ Sunday, March 15
đź•“ 4-5pm
đź“š The BookMark Shoppe, 8415 Third Ave., Bay Ridge
đź’¸ Mention GayRidge to the Bookmark Shoppe to get 15% off your book!
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From the publisher: “James Frankie Thomas’s Idlewild is a darkly funny story of two adults looking back on their intense teenage friendship, in a queer, trans, and early-Internet twist on the Manhattan prep school novel. Idlewild is a tiny, artsy Quaker high school in lower Manhattan. Students call their teachers by their first names, there are no grades, and every day begins with 20 minutes of contemplative silence in the Meetinghouse. It is during one of those meetings that an airplane hits the Twin Towers. For two Idlewild outcasts, 9/11 serves as the first day of an intense, 18-month friendship.”
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This book is also available at the Brooklyn Public Library.
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We can’t wait to see you there! Reach out to Katie Hansen with questions and to RSVP.
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Where is it happening?
The BookMark Shoppe, 8415 3rd Ave,New York,NY,United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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