Reading: Eve Rickert and Andrea Zanin: More Than Two, Second Edition
Schedule
Thu Sep 19 2024 at 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm
Location
Annie Bloom's Books | Portland, OR
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Annie Bloom's Books welcomes authors Eve Rickert and Andrea Zanin for a reading and discussion of their book More Than Two, Second Edition: Cultivating Nonmonogamous Relationships with Kindness and Integrity, and Andrea's new book, Post-Nonmonogamy and Beyond.Event info and pre-orders: https://www.annieblooms.com/event/2024-09-19/reading-eve-rickert-and-andrea-zanin-more-two
We acknowledge that this event will be held on the traditional, ancestral territories of the Multnomah, Wasco, Cowlitz, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Bands of Chinook, Tualatin, Kalapuya and Molalla peoples, and many others.
Accessibility: Masks (surgical or N95) are requested at this event and are available to those who need them. We ask guests to minimize use of perfumes and scented products. Annie Bloom's has wheelchair access (no steps) and wide aisles that lead to the event area. Speakers will be amplified. Please contact [email protected] if you require ASL interpretation.
ABOUT MORE THAN TWO, SECOND EDITION
by Eve Rickert and Andrea Zanin
"Can you love more than one person?" A lot of conversations about nonmonogamy start this way. When we discuss "opening" relationships, contemplate whether we want to be exclusive with our partners, or introduce multiple partners to friends and family, we are asking the people in our lives, and ourselves, to contend with this question.
The answer is obvious, and misleading. The love one feels in their heart and the love one expresses through daily acts of care and affection are both "love" in the true sense, but they have different requirements, present different options and produce different outcomes.
More Than Two, Second Edition, can't promise outcomes, but it is a guide to the paths—from anchor or nesting partnerships to relationship anarchy—possible within nonmonogamy. This long-awaited second edition bridges emerging theories on attachment and relationship diversity with authors Eve Rickert and Andrea Zanin's insight and experience. The arcs of nonmonogamous partnerships bend towards complexity, introspection and compromise—or at least they can, if we work at it.
ABOUT POST-NONMONOGAMY AND BEYOND
by Andrea Zanin
An exploration of what happens when nonmonogamous people decide to no longer be nonmonogamous—how they got there, what it means to them and what might happen next.
Nonmonogamy has exploded in popularity over recent decades, spawning dozens of how-to guides and countless media articles. But quietly, in the wake of this wave of non-traditional relationships, a growing number of people have moved away from the nonmonogamy they once practiced. It’s not about rejecting nonmonogamy as bad or wrong. For some, trauma or the stresses of everyday life got in the way of multiple committed relationships; others lost their motivation to pursue new partners. Some ended up monogamous by attrition, and others are single by choice.
What’s it like on the other side of nonmonogamy? How did you get there? How does your life reflect what you learned along the way? Is nonmonogamy an identity or a practice? And do you think you might ever jump back in? Post-Nonmonogamy and Beyond invites you to explore these questions in a spirit of self-reflection, self-compassion and curiosity.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Eve Rickert is a Gen X, queer, solo polyamorous, relationship anarchist, neurodivergent cis woman living on unceded WSÁNEC and Lekwungen territory on the west coast of the place currently known as Canada. She is the curator of the More Than Two Essentials series and the nonmonogamy resource site morethantwo.ca, the founder and publisher of Thornapple Press, and the founder and mastermind of the science communications firm Talk Science to Me.
Andrea Zanin, MA, is a white, nonbinary, middle-aged queer writer who lives in Tkaronto (Toronto, Ontario), on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples. Andrea is the author of Post-Nonmonogamy and Beyond, part of the More Than Two Essentials series, and has written for the Globe and Mail, The Tyee, Bitch, Ms., Xtra, IN Magazine, Outlooks Magazine and the Montreal Mirror. Andrea blogs at sexgeek.wordpress.com, where they created the 10 Rules for Happy Nonmonogamy and coined the term "polynormativity."
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Where is it happening?
Annie Bloom's Books, 7834 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland, OR 97219-2466, United States,Portland, OregonEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
