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Book Club: Friends of Dorothy Read Friends of Dorothy

Samuel R. Delany's The Motion of Light in Water
Sunday, 2/16/2025
3:30 - 4:30
Eureka Valley General Floor Area
Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial

1 Jose Sarria Court
San Francisco, CA 94114
United States

415-355-5616
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If you enjoy reading and discussing LGBTQIA+ books, spend an hour hashing out the details of this month's selection: Samuel R. Delany's The Motion of Light in Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village.

 

This is a hybrid event. Registration is required for Zoom attendance. In-person attendance does not require registration.

Book Clubs

Read, discuss ideas and connect through the many book clubs hosted by SFPL.

LGBTQIA+ Interest

Gather, share knowledge and celebrate our unique identities at the queerest library ever. 

For more resources, the James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center is the gateway to the Library’s broader collections documenting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex and asexual history and culture, with a special emphasis on the San Francisco Bay Area.

More Than a Month: Black Interest

Connect to engaging discussions and performances related to the Black community.

More Than a Month recognizes important events in Black history, honors community and national leaders and fosters steps towards collective change. Programming features authors, poets and craft classes. 

This program is sponsored by Friends of the San Francisco Public Library.

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This program will be conducted in English unless otherwise noted.

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