Queer Book Club: Both/And by Denne Michelle Norris

Join us in a welcoming and safe space to explore, read and discuss LGBTQIA+ themed books, while making a themed craft.
This month we'll be reading Both/And by Denne Michelle Norris.
Registration is required via the library's website and books will be made available to cardholders for checkout.
Register here: https://eapl.libnet.info/event/16048077 (beginning 6/1/26)
Don't have a library card? That's OK. You're still welcome to attend but we encourage you to check your local library for available copies or purchase one elsewhere.
Light refreshments will be provided.

Book Description:
Featuring seventeen essays by trans people of color—spanning writers, scientists, actors, activists, and drag queens—Both/And explores what it means to live as a trans or gender nonconforming person of color today.
Acclaimed authors Akwaeke Emezi, Tanaïs, and Meredith Talusan share their stories alongside activist and organizer Raquel Willis and RuPaul’s Drag Race star Peppermint, as well as a host of rising literary talent. Each story is told with honesty, authenticity, and beauty. A nonbinary molecular biologist has nightmares about their estranged father transitioning. A writer revisits a casual hook-up when she discovered her womanhood. And a woman vacations with her wife in Hawaii, where she gets in touch with the fire goddess within. These stories depict real trans lives from trans points of view, at a time when these perspectives are most urgent and valuable.
Inspired by Electric Literature’s groundbreaking series and edited by the first Black, openly trans editor-in-chief of a major literary publication, Both/And uplifts and amplifies stories of queer joy, heartbreak, rage, and self-discovery.