BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20230517T000000Z DTEND:20230517T013000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Book Discussion -Banned Books DESCRIPTION:Have you always wanted to give a book discussion a try but didn't want to commit? Try a one-time book discussion of a new genre to expand your reading.\n\nIn this session we will be discussing All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson. Books will be available at the Adult Help Desk starting April 17.\n\nAbout the book: In a series of personal essays\, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson explores his childhood\, adolescence\, and college years in New Jersey and Virginia. From the memories of getting his teeth kicked out by bullies at age five\, to flea marketing with his loving grandmother\, to his first sexual relationships\, this young-adult memoir weaves together the trials and triumphs faced by Black queer boys.\n\n\n\nBoth a primer for teens eager to be allies as well as a reassuring testimony for young queer men of color\, All Boys Aren't Blue covers topics such as gender identity\, toxic masculinity\, brotherhood\, family\, structural marginalization\, consent\, and Black joy. Johnson's emotionally frank style of writing will appeal directly to young adults.\n\nTO REGISTER CLICK HERE X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Have you always wanted to give a book discussion a try but didn&rsquo\;t want to commit? Try a one-time book discussion of a new genre to expand your reading.

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In this session we will be discussing \;All Boys Aren'\;t Blue \;by George M. Johnson. Books will be available at the Adult Help Desk starting April 17.

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About the book: \;In a series of personal essays\, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson explores his childhood\, adolescence\, and college years in New Jersey and Virginia. From the memories of getting his teeth kicked out by bullies at age five\, to flea marketing with his loving grandmother\, to his first sexual relationships\, this young-adult memoir weaves together the trials and triumphs faced by Black queer boys.
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\nBoth a primer for teens eager to be allies as well as a reassuring testimony for young queer men of color\, \;All Boys Aren'\;t Blue \;covers topics such as gender identity\, toxic masculinity\, brotherhood\, family\, structural marginalization\, consent\, and Black joy. Johnson'\;s emotionally frank style of writing will appeal directly to young adults.
\nTO REGISTER CLICK HERE

\n LOCATION:Wauconda Area Public Library 801 N. Main St. Wauconda\, IL 60084 UID:e.2057.12879 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260531T165044Z URL:https://business.waucondachamber.org/events/details/book-discussion-banned-books-12879 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR