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Queer Book Club – None of the Above
December 8, 2024 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm CET
Join us for a discussion of None of the Above: Reflections on Lif Beyond the Binary by Travis Alabanza on Sunday Nov. 10 2-5pm at Villa Vida Café.
“WINNER OF THE JHALAK PRIZE 2023
WINNER OF THE SOMERSET MAUGHAM AWARD 2023
SHORTLISTED FOR THE POLARI FIRST BOOK PRIZE 2023
A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2022: POLITICS
‘No memoir like it’ Independent
‘Travis Alabanza writes with such generosity and ease even the most provocative suggestions start to seem obvious . . . Profound and funny’ SHON FAYE
‘Will challenge, empower and move your soul’ Glamour
‘Lucid and glorious’ YRSA DALEY-WARD
In None of the Above, Travis Alabanza examines seven phrases people have directed at them as a Black, mixed race, non-binary person. Some are deceptively innocuous, some deliberately loaded or offensive, some celebratory; sentences that have impacted them for better and for worse; sentences that speak to the broader issues raised by a world that insists that gender must be a binary.
Through these seven phrases, Travis Alabanza turns a mirror back on society, giving us reason to question the very framework in which we live and the ways we treat each other.”
We have a partnership with o*books and order books for the next sessions from them that can be picked up in-store. o*books is a queer feminist bookshop in Vienna. Join the Whatsapp group so you can order your book if you’d like and get all the updates on future bookclubs! You can also follow us on Instagram @vienna.queer.book.club. Everyone is welcome, whether you have read the book or not. You are also invited to bring snacks if you would like to share with the group 🙂 Let’s get cozy together!
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