Queereads YYC: 'Night Sky with Exit Wounds'

Name: Queereads YYC: 'Night Sky with Exit Wounds'
Start: 2024-10-14T19:00:00-06:00
End: 2024-10-14T21:00:00-06:00
Location: Owl's Nest Books

Schedule

Mon Oct 14 2024 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

Owl's Nest Books | Calgary, AB

Queereads YYC's 49th event will be held October 14th, 2024 @ 7pm! We’ll be discussing 'Night Sky with Exit Wounds’ by Ocean Vuong.
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Attend this book club in-person at Owl's Nest Books or send us a message to attend via Zoom!
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Whether you read the book, didn't finish the book, or didn't start the book, this event is open to anyone interested in a relaxed discussion about the themes and topics explored in the book. We will discuss opinions and/or personal experiences related to the book in a relaxed setting. We try our best to create a comfortable, safe space for the queer community, and if you have any questions or comments we would love to hear from you. Hope to see you there!
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*About the book*
"Ocean Vuong's first full-length [poetry] collection aims straight for the perennial "big"—and very human—subjects of romance, family, memory, grief, war, and melancholia. None of these he allows to overwhelm his spirit or his poems, which demonstrate, through breath and cadence and unrepentant enthrallment, that a gentle palm on a chest can calm the fiercest hungers."
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Genres (taken from Goodreads): “Poetry, LGBT, Queer, Fiction, Contemporary, Adult, Asian, Literature"
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*Accessibility*
Attend this book club in-person at Owl's Nest Books or send us a message to attend via Zoom. This event is held in spoken English, the meeting will be held after store hours so the space will be quiet.
IN-PERSON: There are no steps to get into Owl's Nest Books. There is a single occupancy washroom that is accessible to rolling. Armless folding chairs will be used during the meeting - feel free to bring a sitting cushion if you would prefer the ground. Masking will be dependant on provincial guidelines at that time.
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In the spirit of reconciliation, we acknowledge that we live, work and play on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksika, Kainai, Piikani), the Tsuut’ina, the Îyâxe Nakoda Nations, the Métis Nation (Region 3), and all people who make their homes in the Treaty 7 region of Southern Alberta.
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ID: The book cover. A photograph from the late 80's of a Vietnamese family with two women and a toddler. The eyes of the people have strips of paper over them with the tittle and author written across.