This Sunday (July 11), I’ll be signing copies of She Looks Just Like You at the Cathedral of Hope, a predominantly GLBT congregation of the United Church of Christ, in Dallas, Texas. The Cathedral is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year which is an awesome achievement.
I’ll be in the Bay Area this next week for three public readings of She Looks Just Like You:
Books, Inc.
2275 Market Street
San Francisco
Tuesday, June 15 at 7:30 p.m.
Laurel Bookstore
4100 MacArthur Boulevard
Oakland
Wednesday, June 16 at 7:00 p.m.
Youth Radio
1701 Broadway
Oakland
Friday, June 18 at 7:00 p.m.
Hope to see you there!
I’m in Austin, Texas now where I’m spending a couple of days thinking Texas-sized thoughts at the annual PBS conference. Tomorrow night at 7:00 p.m., I’ll be reading from She Looks Just Like You at BookWoman. Hope to see you there!
Event details:
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
7:00 p.m.
BookWoman
5501 North Lamar
Austin, TX 78751
(512) 472-2785
On June 16, I’ll do the first of two events in Oakland, California. This one will be at Laurel Bookstore in the Laurel District. Why two events in Oakland? Well, it ranks third in the nation, right behind New York City and Los Angeles, for the highest concentration of gay and lesbian couples with children in the population. I’m looking forward to being there among all those families.
Event Details:
She Looks Just Like You reading and signing
June 16, 7:00 p.m.
Laurel Bookstore
4100 MacArthur Boulevard
Oakland, CA 94619
(510) 531-2073
I’ll be reading from and signing She Looks Just Like You at Books, Inc. in San Francisco’s Castro District on June 15. Books, Inc. brings in many fabulous authors (Michael Pollan, Michael Chabon, Ayelet Waldman). I’m honored just to be in their company.
Event Details:
She Looks Just Like You reading and signing
June 15, 7:30 p.m.
Books, Inc.
2275 Market Street
San Francisco, CA
(415) 864-6777
I’ll be reading from and signing She Looks Just Like You at True Colors Bookstore in Minneapolis on Thursday, May 27. I’m especially pleased because True Colors (formerly Amazon Bookstore) is the oldest independent feminist bookstore in North America. (This is what comes of living in a place where people love to read and love to organize.) I participated in a reading a few years back at True Colors for the anthology, Confessions of the Other Mother: Nonbiological Lesbian Moms Tell All! (Beacon Press), the only other book about nonbiological lesbian moms. It will be good to be back.
Event Details:
She Looks Just Like You reading and signing
May 27, 6:30 p.m.
4755 Chicago Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55407
612-821-9630
My visit to Akron, Ohio was great. An enthused audience (who turned out on a cold, blustery Saturday morning), lots of great questions, and even a visit by The Anonymous Trucker, a man who attends community theater presentations as he delivers cargo in his rig. Yes, he bought a book, signed (as requested), “To my favorite trucker.”
The next event is the publication party, on Sunday, May 16 at 3:00 p.m at the University of Minnesota. We’ve got a good group of folks planning to attend, great music by Amy Finch and Jeff Milligan-Toffler of The New Distractions, plenty of food, and even activity bags being put together by Hannah for the kids so that (in her words) “the grown-ups can talk if they want.” Hope to see you there!
I’m sitting in a hotel room in Akron, Ohio, preparing for my first book event, “A Different Kind of Mother’s Day.” It’s a wonderful collaboration between a public radio station (91.3 The Summit), the Gay Community Endowment Fund, Equality Ohio, the Community AIDS Network and a community theater, The Weathervane Community Playhouse.
What strikes me now, besides jitters, is how very many people there are who are either part of or touched by GLBT families, in all of the forms and shapes they take. I went to dinner last night with one of the organizers of the event who talked about his own experience being part of the lives of his partner’s children as they moved through adolescence and into adulthood. He doesn’t see himself as a “parent,” he said, but more as a mentor and guide. Which is yet another way that families can grow.
My visit to Akron, Ohio is coming up, sooner than it seems. I’ll be there Saturday, May 8 for A Different Kind of Mother’s Day at the Weathervane Community Playhouse. It’s going to be a fun event, with readings from the book, some additional stories, and time for Q&A. I’m especially jazzed about it because it’s a collaboration between a public radio station (91.3 The Summit), a foundation (the Gay Community Endowment Fund), and a community service organization (the Community AIDS Network). In the public media world, where I spend much of my working time, we talk a lot about “community engagement” — and I think this is one example of how stations can partner with others to serve their communities in new ways.
I’ve never been to Texas before, but this year I’ll be there twice. The first time will be a trip to Austin in May for a public television conference. While I’m in town, I’ll be reading from She Looks Just Like You at the local feminist bookstore, BookWoman, on Wednesday, May 19, at 7:00 p.m.
Event Details:
She Looks Just Like You reading and signing
May 19, 7:00 p.m.
BookWoman
5501 North Lamar Boulevard
Austin, TX 78751
(512) 472-2785
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