Queer Books

We are meeting on ZOOM! Meetings are still formatted to allow 15 minutes of sharing, one hour of writing, and a 15-minute wrap-up chat at the end. We are currently offering writing sessions online Wednesdays from 6 to 7:30 PM and Sundays from 1:30 to 3 PM. • What we'll do: We'll be meeting for an hour and a half to write our own personal projects, starting and ending with 15-minute discussions. • What to have with you: Pen, notebook, laptop, whatever suits your fancy! **Note: We sometimes have to change the Zoom URL right before the meeting starts--please double-check the Zoom link on the Meetup.com event to make sure you have the right one!**

All we need is love and some spiritual guidance to help us walk in this world. God loves you no matter what anyone tells you. You are not an abomination but you are a child of God. Achurch4Me MCC is a place to find peace, comfort and always needed prayer. Stop by any Sunday, our doors, hearts and arms are open to receive you. http://www.achurch4me.org (773) 373-9916

The Heron Clan Zoom invites those published in the Heron Clan, those who have submitted but haven't yet heard their fate and all friends who have ever heard of the Heron Clan. It's first come first served and we read 1,2 or 3 poems per set. To get this week's Zoom link email Katherinejamesbooks@gmail.com. You can find out more at @heronclanpoems on twitter or dougstuber.wordpress.com.

Nu: online! Doe een gratis proefles mee: stuur een mail naar: susan@nt2cafe.nl dan stuur ik je een link naar Zoom. We gaan samen een roman lezen (ook thuis) en spreken hierover en je krijgt hierover schrijfopdrachten. Heel goed voor het verhogen van je woordenschat eninteressant omdat we romans/verhalen lezen van literaire schrijvers. De leesclub is voor deelnemers van B2 en hoger.

Bring your writing implements and let's write! FAQ: https://www.dropbox.com/s/lfx1tu1hyf9tadx/FAQ.rtf?dl=0 Zoom link will be posted about an hour before event on all our socials (FB, meetup, whatsapp)

Queridos hablantres nativos y estudiantes de español! nos reunimos una vez por mes para discutir una obra literaria originalmente escrita en español. Nuestro grupo ya cuenta con unos diez hablantes nativos y no nativos que participan activamente en la videollamada. Todos los nieveles son bienvenidos, pero recuerden que si bien los hablantes nativos ayudarán a quienes lo necesiten, esto no es una clase, se trata de una actividad libre y recreativa. Los interesados pueden unirse a nuestro grupo de what's app con este link: https://chat.whatsapp.com/IQTSo9HbdJ982AV8CfZJrU Muchos saludos, Simonetta.

Welcome writers & deep cyberspace explorers, This meetup is intended for all writers globally who want to meet fellow authors, share experiences & submit their creative work for feedback. **Rules** 1. **Sci-fi & Fantasy only.** 2. **Limit = 3000 words.** 3. **Submit 24h before the meetup** to [Google Docs](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10egmnTsb7UzT0g30GPDDzf6yl-9BG-LV?usp=sharing). Check for the folder with the right date since this a frequent meetup. 4. **RSVP.** Submission is required for attendance. 5. **Read and annotate all submissions** before start of meeting. Let's help each other become better writers! George **P.S.:** Please DM me if you have any questions.

Let's try something new. For the next dozen weeks or so, starting 4/17/2022, we are going to live-read and discuss Aristotle's \~*Nicomachean Ethics*\~. What is new and different about this project is that the translation, by Adam Beresford (2020), happens to be rendered in standard 'Murican English. . From the translator's "Note" on the text: . "This translation is conservative in interpretation and traditional in aim. It aims to translate the text as accurately as possible. . "I translated every page from scratch, from a clean Greek text, rather than revising an existing translation. ... I wanted to avoid the scholars’ dialect that is traditionally used for translating Aristotle. ... "I reject the approach of Arthur Adkins, Elizabeth Anscombe, and others who followed Nietzsche in supposing that the main elements of modern thinking about right and wrong were unknown to the Greeks, or known to them only in some radically different form. My view of humanity and of our shared moral instincts is shaped by a newer paradigm. This is a post-Darwinian translation. (It is also more in line with the older, both Aristotelian and Christian view of human character.) . "Having said that, I have no interest at all in modernizing Aristotle’s ideas. All the attitudes of this treatise remain fully Greek, very patriarchal, somewhat aristocratic, and firmly embedded in the fourth century BC. My choice of dialect (standard English) has no bearing on that whatsoever. (It is perfectly possible to express distinctively Greek and ancient attitudes in standard English.) ... I have also not simplified the text in any way. I have translated every iota, particle, preposition, noun, verb, adjective, phrase, clause, and sentence of the original. Every premise and every argument therefore remains – unfortunately – exactly as complex and annoyingly difficult as in any other version in whatever dialect. ... "Some scholars and students unwarily assume that the traditional dialect has a special connection with Greek and that using it brings readers closer to the original text; and that it makes the translation more accurate. In reality, it has no special tie to the Greek language, either in its main philosophical glossary or in its dozens of minor (and pointless) deviations from normal English. And in my view it certainly makes any translation much less accurate. . "I will occasionally refer to the scholars’ dialect (‘Gringlish’) and its traditional glossary in the Notes." . . Here is our plan: 1\. Read Intro excerpts or a summary to gain the big picture\. 2\. Read a segment of the translated text\. 3\. Discuss it analytically and interpretively\. 4\. Repeat again at \#2 for several more times\. 5\. Discuss the segments evaluatively\. . . Zoom is the project's current meeting platform, but that can change. The project's cloud drive is [here](https://mega.nz/folder/vqJCXIQJ#muxiUXMHhfljvxKnWaOxZA), at which you'll find the reading texts, notes, and slideshows.

Join us for our March Book Club gathering where we will come together to discuss *The Manor of Dreams* by Christina Li in a safe and welcoming environment. Make new friends who share your passion for books and connect with fellow LGBTQ book enthusiasts.

This Month's Book: The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen. Join us for discussion at the Granville Public Library from 6 to 7pm. Follow us on Instagram: @granvillepridebookclub

**We are expanding our creative programming opportunities with Queer Quills, a quiet writing and sharing space. Queer Quills features some prompts, supplies and friendly faces to help get some inspiration or feedback for your writing. Hope to see you there!**

Welcome, readers! Our February read is **_1984 by George Orwell._** In 1984, George Orwell imagines a world where the government watches everyone, rewrites reality, and punishes even private thoughts. Winston Smith dares to question this system, believing that truth and love might still exist. His rebellion draws him into a chilling struggle against a power that knows him better than he knows himself. The novel leaves readers asking whether freedom is possible when reality itself can be controlled. Looking forward to discussing with everyone! We will meet at Zaftig Brewing Co in their event room in the back. We are welcome to bring in our own food, but **drinks must be purchased at the bar.** Happy reading! 📖

Columbus libraries: [https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3262835](https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3262835) Location: [Knotty Pine Brewing](https://www.knottypinebrewing.net/) [Menu, scroll to the bottom](https://www.knottypinebrewing.net/menus-1) Book summary: Adunni is a fourteen-year-old Nigerian girl who knows what she wants: an education. This, her mother has told her, is the only way to get a "louding voice" -- the ability to speak for herself and decide her own future. But instead, Adunni's father sells her to be the third wife of a local man who is eager for her to bear him a son and heir. When Adunni runs away to the city, hoping to make a better life, she finds that the only other option before her is servitude to a wealthy family. As a yielding daughter, a subservient wife, and a powerless slave, Adunni is told, by words and deeds, that she is nothing. But while misfortunes might muffle her voice for a time, they cannot mute it. And when she realizes that she must stand up not only for herself, but for other girls, for the ones who came before her and were lost, and for the next girls, who will inevitably follow, she finds the resolve to speak, however she can--in a whisper, in song, in broken English--until she is heard