Zami: A New Spelling of My Name (Violet Hour Book Club)

Name: Zami: A New Spelling of My Name (Violet Hour Book Club)
Start: 2025-02-08T15:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-02-08T16:30:00-05:00
Location: Archives gaies du Québec

Schedule

Sat Feb 08 2025 at 03:00 pm to 04:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Archives gaies du Québec | Montreal, QC

Join us for the next meeting of the Violet Hour Book Club, a reading group devoted to classic and contemporary works of LGBTQ literature.
The book we will be discussing is Zami: A New Spelling of My Name, A Biomythography by Audre Lorde (1982). The VHBC will be meeting at the Archives gaies du Quebec, located at 1000, Atateken (Amherst, #201-A). The event will be moderated by Christopher DiRaddo.
In 2025, I will be asking VHBC participants to donate a small amount, if they can, to help keep the book club going. This is not mandatory (I know everyone's situation is different). There will be a jar to collect funds at the end of the event, or people can send e-transfers to me at [email protected]. Thanks in advance.
A reminder: All VHBC titles are available at Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore (2220, McGill College Ave) and Librairie Pulp Books & Cafe (3952 Wellington St.) at 10% off.
ABOUT THE BOOK ///
Zami: A Carriacou name for women who work together as friends and lovers
“Zami is a fast-moving chronicle. From the author’s vivid childhood memories in Harlem to her coming of age in the late 1950s, the nature of Audre Lorde’s work is cyclical. It especially relates the linkage of women who have shaped her . . . Lorde brings into play her craft of lush description and characterization. It keeps unfolding page after page.”—Off Our Backs
“Among the elements that make the book so good are its personal honesty and lack of pretentiousness, characteristics that shine through the writing bespeaking the evolution of a strong and remarkable character.”—The New York Times