This facilitated book group discusses books which feature queer characters/ storylines as well as a strong attention to literary craft and style. August’s book pick is Trumpet by Jackie Kay. A story about the death of transgendered jazz musician\, Joss Moody\, and the stories his survivors tell about his death after the media discovers his sex was assigned female at birth.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120525T003619Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100902T233000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100903T010000Z UID:http://www.charisbooksandmore.com/event/rooted-earth-reclaiming-african-american-environmental-heritage URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.charisbooksandmore.com/event/rooted-earth-reclaiming-african-american-environmental-heritage SUMMARY:Rooted in the Earth\: Reclaiming the African American Environmental Heritage DESCRIPTION:Join us in welcoming Dianne Glave as she talks about her new book\, Rooted in the Earth. In Rooted in the Earth\, environmental historian Dianne D. Glave
overturns the stereotype that a meaningful attachment to nature and the
outdoors is contrary to the black experience. In tracing the history of
African Americans' relationship with the environment\, emphasizing the
unique preservation-conservation aspect of black environmentalism\, and
using her storytelling skills to re-create black naturalists of the
past\, Glave reclaims the African American heritage of the land. This
book is a groundbreaking\, important first step toward getting back into
nature\, not only for personal growth but for the future of the planet.
Join us for a hot night of poetry to kick off your labor day festivities. Meredith “Miz” Avakian\, author of Propaganda Begins with PR\: Poetry for the Soul\, is a New Jersey native of Armenian-American descent who has been writing poetry since she was a child.
Tamesha S. Hawkins is a queer black slam poet as well as the author of Sugar Lumps and Black Eye Blues and Confectionately Yours. You won't want to miss the fun and fire of these inspirational women!
As part of our queer Black intergenerational lovefest Charis
Circle and the MobileHomeComing (an experiential archive project
amplifying the
brilliance of queer black womyn\, gender non-conforming folks and
transmen) have invited an age-diverse panel of
Black feminist bookworms to gush about the books that got them through.
Attendees will have the opportunity to
purchase the featured books for themselves\, and or to donate them to the
mobilehomecoming to be given as gifts to chosen family around the
country!
Join us as we welcome Kennesaw State University professor Linda Niemann to share from her new book\, Railroad Noir\: The American West at the end of the 20th Century. Culled from the 20 years she spent traveling the American West as a freight brakeman and conductor\, Linda Grant Niemann's Railroad Noir delves into the darker side of railroading. The 1990s were a time of crisis for workers caught in the breakup of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Niemann's tales of exhaustion\, alcoholism\, homelessness\, and corporate blundering present a revelatory account of railroading life.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120525T003619Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100913T223000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100914T003000Z UID:http://www.charisbooksandmore.com/event/writing-intent-68 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.charisbooksandmore.com/event/writing-intent-68 SUMMARY:Writing With Intent DESCRIPTION:
This facilitated group is open to all writers of fiction and creative
non-fiction who want a serious group to provide constructive criticism\,
motivational exercises\, and interpersonal accountability to keep their
writing on track. We do in group exercises and critiques with an eye
towards individual improvement and the eventual goal of
publication. Writers are encouraged to bring copies of their work to
share for critique. Please direct inquiries to elizabeth@chariscircle.org.
This month's Faiths and Feminisms features Laurie L. Patton\, the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Religions at Emory University. Her scholarly interests are in the interpretation of early Indian ritual and narrative\, comparative mythology\, literary theory in the study of religion\, and women and Hinduism in contemporary India\, and religion\, conflict and peacebuilding.
In addition to many articles in these fields\, she is the author or editor of seven books. She will present her talk "\;Through the Looking Glass of Comparative Religions\: Living Well and Staying Spiritually Grounded in a World of Multiple Faiths"\;
Charis &\; Cliterati pair up to present an inviting and fierce open mic &\; reading series on the 3rd Thursday of every month. Hosted by the anarchic spoken word team of Karen G and Theresa Davis\, members of the Art Amok Slam Team\, this series cultivates the voices of authors\, novices and an assortment of poets\, songstresses and storytellers. This month's featured performer is Erin O'Briant\, author of Glitter Girl and one of the original founders of Clitarati! We are so excited to welcome Erin home and celebrate the release of her new novel!
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120525T003619Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100918T143000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100918T160000Z UID:http://www.charisbooksandmore.com/event/akoma-book-clun-women-food-and-god URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.charisbooksandmore.com/event/akoma-book-clun-women-food-and-god SUMMARY:Akoma Book Club\: Women\, Food and God DESCRIPTION:The Akoma Book Club (of Women Healing Women) is open to any woman seeking camaraderie with like-minded women for fun\, self-empowerment and growth. Even if you haven't read the book\, but are willing to talk about the principles in the book\, you can join us for a lively discussion. September's book is Women\, Food and God. After more than three decades of studying\, teaching and writing about what drives our compul-sions with food\, Geneen Roth adds a profound new dimension to her work in Women\, Food and God. She begins with her most basic concept\: The way you eat is inseparable from your core beliefs about being alive. Your relationship with food is an exact mirror of your feelings about love\, fear\, anger\, meaning\, transformation and\, yes\, even God. But it doesn't stop there. Geneen shows how going beyond both the food and feelings takes you deeper into realms of spirit and soul to the bright center of your own life.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120525T003619Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100922T230000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100923T003000Z UID:http://www.charisbooksandmore.com/event/queer-literary-fiction-book-club-more-i-owe-you URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.charisbooksandmore.com/event/queer-literary-fiction-book-club-more-i-owe-you SUMMARY:Queer Literary Fiction Book Club- The More I Owe You DESCRIPTION:This facilitated group discusses books which feature queer characters/storylines as well as a strong attention to literary craft and style. September's book pick is The More I Owe You by Michael Sledge.
In this mesmerizing debut novel\, Michael Sledge creates an intimate portrait of the beloved poet Elizabeth Bishop--of her life in Brazil and her relationship with her lover\, the dazzling\, aristocratic Lota de Macedo Soares. Sledge artfully draws from Bishop's lifelong correspondences and biography to imagine the poet's intensely private world\, revealing the literary genius who lived in conflict with herself both as a writer and as a woman. A seemingly idyllic existence in Soares's glass house in the jungle gives way to the truth of Bishop's lifelong battle with alcoholism\, as well as her eventual status as one of modernism's most prominent writers. Though connected to many of the most famous cultural and political figures of the era\, Soares too is haunted by her own demons. As their secrets unfold\, the sensuous landscape of Rio de Janeiro\, the rhythms of the samba and the bossa nova\, and the political turmoil of 1950s Brazil envelop Bishop in a world she never expected to inhabit. The More I Owe You is a vivid portrait of two brilliant women whose love for one another pushes them to accomplish enduring works of art.
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