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Sunday, December 10, 2023, at 4 P.M. E.T./1 P.M. P.T. Sinister Wisdom Book Club Discussion of Cantoras by Carolina DeRobertis

Join the Sinister Wisdom Book Club to discuss the wonderful book Cantoras by Carolina DeRobertis. Carolina DeRobertis will join us for the first half of the meeting for a discussion of the book.

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Sunday, December 17, 2023, 4 P.M. E.T./1 P.M. P.T. Sinister Wisdom Book Club Discussion of Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion by Bushra Rehman

Join the Sinister Wisdom Book Club to discuss the wonderful book Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion by Bushra Rehman. Bushra will join us for this discussion!

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January 23, 2024, 7 P.M. E.T. Launch of The Pagoda

Did you stay at The Pagoda, swimming in the pool, seeing a play, listening to a concert, and generally participating in one of the great lesbian experiments of the 70s, 80s, and 90s? Rose Norman’s new book is a herstory of The Pagoda exploring this vibrant lesbian community just outside of St. Augustine, Florida. Join Rose and the Sinister Wisdom community to celebrate the release of The Pagoda: A Lesbian Community by the Sea as Sinister Wisdom 131.

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February 6, 2024, 7 P.M. E.T. Oral Histories Preserve Lesbian Stories

For Sinister Wisdom 131: The Pagoda, Rose Norman interviewed dozens of women, building on the oral herstory work that she did with the Southern Lesbian Feminist Activist Herstory Project, www.slfahp.org. Join Rose and a panel of lesbians working on oral herstories in various communities to talk about the value of preserving local stories and how people build local projects in their lesbian communities.

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February 20, 2024, 7 P.M. E.T. Pagoda Memories on Film

Capturing the lesbian past does not only happen on paper. Lesbian archives include films and home movies. Join Sinister Wisdom to watch some clips from home movies made by Emily Greene at The Pagoda. Emily will be in conversation with Rose Norman, author of the new book from Sinister Wisdom, The Pagoda: A Lesbian Community by the Sea, and Sharon Thompson, curator of the Lesbian Home Movie Project, https://www.lesbianhomemovieproject.org/. We’ll talk about seaside resorts, lesbian home movies, and preserving the archives of our lesbian past.

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March 5, 2024, 7 P.M. E.T. Getting the Word Out: Lesbian-Feminists Promoting and Distributing Womyn’s Books

Join Sinister Wisdom for our next conversation about the Women in Print Movement of the 1970s and beyond. With a distinguished panel, we will explore how lesbian-feminist institutions supported publishers through promotion and distribution of books. Join this fascinating conversation featuring Carol Seajay, co-founder and publisher of Feminist Bookstore News, and other leaders of lesbian-feminist institutions. It will be a riveting evening thinking about what lesbian-feminists have done, are doing, and can do in the future.

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Sunday, March 10, 2024, at 4 P.M. E.T./1 P.M. P.T. Sinister Wisdom Book Club Discussion of Trash by Dorothy Allison

Join the Sinister Wisdom Book Club to discuss the wonderful collection of stories Trash by Dorothy Allison.

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April 9, 2024, 7 P.M. E.T. Launch of Sinister Wisdom 132: How Can a Woman Who Is with a Trans Man Call Herself a Lesbian?

Sinister Wisdom 132: How Can a Woman Who Is with a Trans Man Call Herself a Lesbian? continues conversations instigated by Sinister Wisdom 128: Trans/Feminisms exploring writings and reflections by lesbians whose partners are trans, including new work by Minnie Bruce Pratt and Kimberly Dark. Join editor Allison Blevins and contributors for a wonderful evening celebrating Sinister Wisdom 132: How Can a Woman Who Is with a Trans Man Call Herself a Lesbian? and exploring the intersecting and interdependent lives of lesbians and transpeople.

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