Bi Book Club

Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown. A landmark coming-of-age novel that launched the career of one of this country’s most distinctive voices, Rubyfruit Jungle remains a transformative work more than forty years after its original publication. In bawdy, moving prose, Rita Mae Brown tells the story of Molly Bolt, the adoptive daughter of a dirt-poor Southern couple who boldly forges her own path in America. With her startling beauty and crackling wit, Molly finds that women are drawn to her wherever she goes—and she refuses to apologize for loving them back. This literary milestone continues to resonate with its message about being true to yourself and, against the odds, living happily ever after.

We will be reading this "lesbian classic novel", that is really quite bisexual in its telling, through a bisexual lense.

Come and join the discussion, even if you haven't read the book. We take turns reading passages aloud from the book and discuss them-anyone can participate!

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“The rare work of fiction that has changed real life . . . If you don’t yet know Molly Bolt—or Rita Mae Brown, who created her—I urge you to read and thank them both.”—Gloria Steinem

Winner of the Lambda Literary Pioneer Award | Winner of the Lee Lynch Classic Book Award

Praise for Rubyfruit Jungle “Groundbreaking.”—The New York Times

“Powerful . . . a truly incredible book . . . I found myself laughing hysterically, then sobbing uncontrollably just moments later.”—The Boston Globe

“You can’t fully know—or enjoy—how much the world has changed without reading this truly wonderful book.”—Andrew Tobias, author of The Best Little Boy in the World

“A crass and hilarious slice of growing up ‘different,’ as fun to read today as it was in 1973.”—The Rumpus

“Molly Bolt is a genuine descendant—genuine female descendant—of Huckleberry Finn. And Rita Mae Brown is, like Mark Twain, a serious writer who gets her messages across through laughter.”—Donna E. Shalala

“A trailblazing literary coup at publication . . . It was the right book at the right time.”—Lee Lynch, author of Beggar of Love

The Bi Book Club meets once a month to discuss bi-themed books and the issues they raise. Dinner after nearby.

Next book: She Whom I Love by Tess Bowery. Get your copy from BGSQD.

Deciding Books: We will be voting on what books we want to read next, so check our lists of Bisexual Book Award finalists (http://www.biwriters.org/book-award-finalists-winners/) for some ideas.

Venue: Bureau of General Services Queer Division (http://bgsqd.com/) Bookstore at the LGBT Center, 2nd fl. Rm. 210, phone (646) 457-0859.

Getting Books: We urge you to purchase your print copy at BGSQD and support the only LGBT bookstore in New York City. Especially since they are hosting us in their space! If they are out of stock, put in your special order.

Bi Book Club meets 2nd Thursdays 6:30-8pm. Dinner after nearby-we usually go to Village Den on Greenwich Ave behind the Center or Two Boots Pizza on the corner of Greenwich Ave & 7th Ave.

Fees: Donation to help pay rent to BGSQD, a non-profit LGBTQ bookstore

Questions? Email fuscialadybug (at) netzero (dot) com or call 917-583-1797