Lavender Book Club

Do you love to read or want to get into reading? Looking for new books to add to your TBR list? Want a laid back community group to discuss the latest read? Join Lavender Book Club, Thursday, April 30th from 6pm – 7pm  to discuss this month’s books!

This Month’s Book:
Changing Planes By Ursula K. Le Guin

Changing Planes is a collection of 16 speculative short stories by Ursula K. Le Guin where the narrator, Sita Dulip, discovers she can escape airport boredom by “changing planes” of existence. It acts as an anthropological travelogue, exploring bizarre, satirical, and whimsical societies across different dimensions.

Worried about any Trigger Warnings for this month’s book? Check out the trigger warnings listed below and decide if you wish to read this month’s book:

Sexual Violence

• Rape (mentioned/depicted in at least one story)

Language

• Use of ableist slurs (including at least one instance of a highly offensive term)

Family & Relationship Themes

• Incest, described in some detail

Death & Loss

• Child death — in one story, a woman has two children but only one survives the night
• General themes of death and loss course throughout the collection handled in culturally varied ways

Violence & Conflict

• Genocide — one story involves a lengthy history of territorialism, tyranny, and genocide, accomplished via an uncontrollable weapon
• References to weapons and physical confrontation

Psychological & Existential Themes

• A society where personalities are entirely ruled by rage
• Nihilistic religious themes — one culture worships a god of destruction and believes existence itself is a rebellion against inevitable doom

Body & Medical

• Genetic experimentation — one plane features extreme genetic modification where people may be part animal or plant

Please Note: You may read whatever book you are comfortable with and let us know about it during book club! No pressure to read this month’s pick.

What to expect in Lavender Book Club this month:

• The space will only be open to folks who wish to attend book club during this time!
• A laidback space surrounded by books to discuss the latest reads
• Staff facilitated discussions and questions
• Sharing your opinions and questions about the book
• Meeting new people
• making friends!

New to Prism? Here’s what to expect:

• Our doors are always locked for security. We have an intercom at the door as first point of contact. Simply call “front office” from the touch screen.
• Weapons are not allowed in space.
• There is a preliminary security check at the door
• We have an intake form we ask all new folks to fill out. Try to arrive a few minutes early to fill that out.