Mean
by Myriam Gurba
Lavender Lit Book Club: August 2022
Lavender Lit Book Club is a monthly book discussion series curated by Women’s Program Curator Suyane Oliveira. Each month, we’ll be reading a new book by a queer woman or non-male-identified author to celebrate queer women and non-men in literature. Click here to learn more.
Book Discussion
Wednesday, August 17th, 2022 | 6:30p (EST)
All Lavender Lit discussions are held in-person at the Center and virtually via Zoom. Register here to join us (it’s free!).
Author Talk
Tuesday, August 30th, 2022 | 7:00p (EST)
About the Book
“Myriam Gurba’s debut is the bold and hilarious tale of her coming of age as a queer, mixed-race Chicana. Blending radical formal fluidity and caustic humor, Mean turns what might be tragic into piercing, revealing comedy. This is a confident, funny, brassy book that takes the cost of sexual assault, racism, misogyny, and homophobia deadly seriously.” -Goodreads
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Myriam Gurba (she/her)
Myriam Gurba is a writer and artist. She is the author of the true-crime memoir Mean, a New York Times editors’ choice. O, the Oprah Magazine, ranked Mean as one of the best LGBTQ books of all time. Publishers’ Weekly describes Gurba as having a voice like no other. Her essays and criticism have appeared in the Paris Review, TIME.com, and 4Columns. She has shown art in galleries, museums, and community centers. She lives in Long Beach, California, with herself.
Emillie Adams (they/them), Moderator
Adams works with young children in the New Haven area. In their spare time, they enjoy reading, hiking, and horror movies.