#Sasha LaPointe

[postmodernismruinedme]

"I no longer wish to be called resilient. Call me reckless, impatient, and emotional. Even Indigenous. Call me anything other than survivor. I am so many more things than brave."

- Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe, Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk

[jerxiong]

Completed: "Thunder Song: Essays" by Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe (Counterpoint Press, 2024) *audiobook version*

I checked out this book via Libby, and the audiobook was about 6 hours long. It took me two loans to finish since I don't usually listen to audiobooks unless I'm driving, using public transit, or doing chores.

Thoughts: I'm genuinely surprised and delighted that I finished this collection despite not having a physical or text e-book! I've never been great at listening to audiobooks since my mind tend to wander, but the topics and storytelling of this collection kept me curious.

My favorite essays:

Swan Creek: explores the aftermath of a miscarriage and rethinking motherhood

First Salmon Ceremony: explores forgoing one's cultural food for a vegan diet and reconciling the two

An Indigenous Queer Love Story: explores love after being told by her ex-husband that she "learned to love the wrong way" by looking at relationships the women in her family have had and her own history with different partners

All the essays reckon with colonialism in one way or another, which is an important theme to me, but these essays especially resonated with me as I'm currently contemplating motherhood, a vegetarian diet for my health and for the environment, and my curiosity about queerness and, really, about how we as humans love.

I look forward to Sasha's future works as I really appreciate her perspective, experiences, and words.

[missedstations]

"Pony" - Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe

I carried a jar big and fragile glass in my hands asking strangers for money along the Nooksack I was barefoot I was ten I was saving to buy a pony because the salmonberries weren't good enough the wool blankets weren't good enough for me to be a real Indian like the ones in the movies I was going to need to buy a pony and paint it ride off into war on it or become part of it like The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses or whatever I wasn't sure what I would do with it just that it wasn't a canoe or a longhouse it was something living something Indian

[librarycards]

hello everyone, and welcome to quarter 2 of my favorites of 2024 list! if you're new, hi, i do book recs all the time, but have been doing them quarterly for recent reads for the last couple years. (I also have a free newsletter where i recommend media every month.)

this was an amazing 3 months for books and i had to make a bunch of very tough choices. very excited to share the results (in no particular order) with you!

Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe, Thunder Song

Rashid Khalidi, The Hundred Years' War on Palestine

Jeff VanderMeer, Dead Astronauts

Evelyn Berry, Grief Slut

Seth Dickinson, The Traitor Baru Cormorant

Claire Oshetsky, Poor Deer

Rita Bullwinkel, Headshot

Sharon M. Draper, Out of My Heart

Jehad Abusalim, Jennifer Bing, & Mike Merryman-Lotze, eds, Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire

as always, i tagged people who expressed interest/who i think may be interested, but feel free to post yours (or not) any time and then tag me, mutuals or not. i love seeing what people are reading. you can also find me on goodreads (and my soon-to-be-populated storygraph that so far only has my book on it haha).

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[aaknopf]

A poem of girlhood and after by Indigenous New Zealander Tayi Tibble, whose second collection, Rangikura, comes out in America today. In the dictionary of Māori language, hōmiromiro is defined as “a white-breasted North Island tomtit…a little black-and-white bird with a large head and short tail.” It is often used to refer to someone with a tomtit’s keen vision—that is, a sharp eye for detail.

Hōmiromiro

I used to dream about a two-headed goldfish. I took it for an omen. I smashed a milk bottle open

on a boiling road and watched a three-legged dog lick it up and in the process I became not myself but a single shard of glass and thought finally

I had starved myself skinny enough to slip into the splits of the universe but once I did I realised that the universe was no place for a young thing to be and there is always a lot more starving to be had.

When I was a girl I thought

I was Daisy Buchanan. I read on the train. I made voluminous eyes.

Once I walked in front of a bus and it exploded into a million monarch butterflies then I was ecstatic!

As a girl, I could only fathom

time as rose petals falling down my oesophagus. It tickled and it frightened me. I ran around choking for attention.

I had projections of myself at 100 my neck weathered and adorned like the boards of a home being eaten by the earth.

When I was a girl I would lie

on the side of that road in the last lick of sun and wait for the rabbits to come saluting the sky of orange dust

and then I would shoot them into outer space.

For many years I watched them bouncing on the moon. But then I stopped caring and so I stopped looking.

More on this book and author:

Learn more about Rangikura by Tayi Tibble.

Browse other books by Tayi Tibble and follow her on Instagram @paniaofthekeef.

Hear Tayi Tibble and Harryette Mullen read from their new poetry collections at Beyond Baroque in Los Angeles, CA on April 10 at 8:00 PM. Tayi Tibble will be joined by Sasha LaPointe in Washington for a series of readings and conversations at Elliot Bay Book Company in Seattle on April 13 at 7:00 PM, at King's Books in Tacoma on April 14 at 1:00 PM, at Bainbridge Island Museum of Art in Bainbridge on April 15 at 7:00 PM, and at Third Place Books in Seattle, Lake Forest Park, on April 16 at 7:00 PM. Tayi and Sasha will also be at Broadway Books in Portland, OR, on April 17 at 6:00 PM. Tayi will be at the LA Times Book Festival signing books at the ALTA booth (Booth 111) on April 20 at 11:00 AM.

Visit our Tumblr to peruse poems, audio recordings, and broadsides in the Knopf poem-a-day series.

To share the poem-a-day experience with friends, pass along this link.

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

🌈 Queer Books Coming Out in March 2024 🌈

🌈 Good afternoon, my bookish bats! Struggling to keep up with all the amazing queer books coming out this month? Here are a FEW of the stunning, diverse queer books you can add to your TBR before the year is over. Remember to #readqueerallyear! Happy reading!

[ Release dates may have changed. ]

❤️ Shift: A Memoir of Identity and Other Illusions - Penny Guisinger 🧡 Tempting Olivia - Clare Ashton 💛 Monilinia - Free Mints 💚 Guillaume - Aurora Dimitre 💙 The Marble Queen - Anna Kopp & Gabrielle Kari 💜 The Baker & the Bard - Fern Haught ❤️ Rainbow! - Sunny & Gloom 🧡 The Safe Zone - Amy Marsden 💛 The Weavers of Alamaxa - Hadeer Elsbai 💙 The No-Girlfriend Rule - Christen Randall 💜 A Different Kind of Brave by Lee Wind 🌈 Cirque du Slay - Rob Osler ❤️ Wizard’s Debt - Niranjan 🧡 One Last Breath - Ginny Myers Sain 💛 Nothing Special - Katie Cook 💚 I Feel Awful, Thanks - Lara Pickle 💙 The Tower - Flora Carr 💜 Be the Sea - Clara Ward ❤️ What Grows in the Dark - Jaq Evans 🧡 Heirs of Bone and Sea - Kay Adams 💛 The Haunting of Velkwood - Gwendolyn Kiste 💙 Thunder Song - Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe 💜 Mona of the Manor - Armistead Maupin 🌈 Like Happiness - Ursula Villarreal-Moura

❤️ Ellipses - Vanessa Lawrence 🧡 Saint, Sorrow, Sinner - Freydís Moon 💛 Blood & Brujas - Mikayla D. Hornedo 💚 Infinity Kings - Adam Silvera 💙 Really Cute People - Markus Harwood-Jones 💜 How You Were Born - Kate Cayley ❤️ These Bodies Between Us - Sarah Van Name 🧡 Icarus - K. Ancrum 💛 The Emperor and the Endless Palace - Justinian Huang 💙 How Not to Date an Angel - Lana Kole 💜 Enemy Colours - R.M. Olson 🌈 Broken Parts Included - Alyson Root

❤️ Who's Afraid of Gender? - Judith Butler 🧡 The Duke’s Cowboy - Andrew Grey 💛 The Secret Something - Emily Wright 💚 Colstead & Andie - Olivia Janae 💙 Play It Again, Ma’am - Sienna Waters 💜 Love Is…? - K.J. Wrights ❤️ Welcome to Forever - Nathan Tavares 🧡 Just Another Epic Love Poem - Parisa Akhbari 💛 The Phoenix Bride - Natasha Siegel 💙 These Letters End in Tears - Musih Tedji Xaviere 💜 Truly Home - J.J. Hale 🌈 Monster Mixer - Robin Jo Margaret

❤️ The House of Hidden Meanings - RuPaul 🧡 Promised to the Queen - Barbara Winkes 💛 A Conclave of Crimson - Nicole Eigener & Beverley Lee 💚 A Hunt of Blood and Iron - Cara Nox 💙 The Fealty of Monsters - Ladz 💜 Ariel Crashes a Train - Olivia A. Cole ❤️ Those Beyond the Wall - Micaiah Johnson 🧡 Dancing Toward Stardust - Julia Underwood 💛 Heir to Dreams & Darkness - Ben Alderson 💙 Comet Cruise - Niska Morrow 💜 Dead Girls Walking - Sami Ellis 🌈 Blackout - Carlos E. Rivera

❤️ Monster Crush - Erin Ellie Franey 🧡 Blessed Water - Margot Douaihy 💛 These Fragile Graces, This Fugitive Heart - Izzy Wasserstein 💚 Kiss of Seduction - Rawnie Sabor 💙 Sunbringer - Hannah Kaner 💜 Evacuation to Love - C.A. Popovich ❤️ Sin - Brooke Matthews 🧡 Falls from Grace - Ruby Landers 💛 Lean in to Love - Catherine Lane 💙 A Small Apocalypse - Laura Chow Reeve 💜 Cascade Failure - L.M. Sagas 🌈 The Mars House - Natasha Pulley

❤️ All This Time - Sage Donnell 🧡 The Romance Lovers Book Club - MA Binfield 💛 View from the Top - Morgan Adams 💚 Number Call - Nagisa Furuya 💙 Crossing Bridges - Chelsey Lynford 💜 The Boyfriend Subscription - Steven Salvatore ❤️ Love the World or Get Killed Trying - Alvina Chamberland 🧡 Synthetic Sea - Franklyn S. Newton 💛 The Prince & His Stolen Groom - J.E. Ridge 💙 Chrysalis and Requiem - Quinton Li 💜 Where Sleeping Girls Lie - Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé 🌈 A Botanical Daughter - Noah Medlock

❤️ Wednesday Nights - by Donna Jay 🧡 The Woods All Black - Lee Mandelo 💛 Song of the Huntress - Lucy Holland 💚 Rainbow Black - Maggie Thrash 💙 Spirits & Sunflowers - A.D. Armistead & Austin Daniel 💜 Floating Hotel - Grace Curtis ❤️ Far From Camelot - Rylee Hale 🧡 This Way to Change - Jezz Chung 💛 Mexican Bird - Luis Lopez-Maldonado 💙 Android Affection: Unveiling - Beau Van Dalen 💜 Welcome to the Damned - Astraea Long 🌈 She Came for Blood - Darva Green

❤️ Cover Story - Rachel Lacey 🧡 The Poisons We Drink - Bethany Baptiste 💛 The Perfect Guy Doesn't Exist - Sophie Gonzales 💚 In Walked Trouble - Dana Hawkins 💙 Never Leave, Never Lie - Thea Verdone 💜 Guardian: Zhen Hun - Priest ❤️ All the World Beside - Garrard Conley 🧡 Rainbows, Unicorns, and Triangles - Jessica Kingsley Publishers 💛 The Feast Makers - H.A. Clarke 💙 Synthetic Sea - Franklyn S. Newton 💜 All the Painted Stars - Emma Denny 🌈 A Hard Sell - Jennifer Moffatt

[hmasfatty]

The wonderful @batmanisagatewaydrug has put together a Book Bingo for next year and I'm really excited to give it a go. I finished 14 books this year, despite doing uni for half the year, so I think 25 next year without uni is plausible. A lot of these books are outside my current literary diet (which consists mostly of queer romance novels) but they all sound really interesting.

Full list of books and prompts below the cut. Thanks to @batmanisagatewaydrug to putting this together. Also, I am doing this over on Storygraph and I have like NO friends there so if YOU are on Storygraph come be friends with me there!

Literary Fiction: We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry

Short Story Collection: Always Will Be by Mykaela Saunders

Sequel: Red Side Story by Jasper Fforde

Reread a Childhood Favourite: White Boots by Noel Streatfield

20th Century Speculative Fiction: The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey

Fantasy: The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

Published Before 1950: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Indie Publisher: Variations by Juliet Jacques

Graphic Novel, Comic Book, or Manga: Women, Life Freedom by Marjane Satrapi

Animal on the Cover: River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey

Set in a Country You Have Never Visited: A Murder at Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey

Science Fiction: The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

2025 Debut Author: Shoot Your Shot by Lexi LaFleur Brown

Memoir: No Friend but the Mountains by Behrouz Boochani

Read a Zine & Make a Zine

Essay Collection: Thunder Song by Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe

2024 Award Winner: Wild Geese by Soula Emmanuel

Nonfiction: Learn Something New: Right Story, Wrong Story by Tyson Yunkaporta

Social Justice & Activism: Another Day in the Colony by Chelsea Watego

Romance Novel: The Last Days of Lilah Goodluck by Kylie Scott

Read & Make a Recipe: Start Here by Sohla El-Waylly

Horror: Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix

Published in the Aughts (2000-2009): Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

Historical Fiction: In Memoriam by Alice Winn

Bookseller or Librarian Recommendation: Enchantment by Birds by Russel McGregor

[desperatecheesecubes]

The Worst Books I read in 2024 in No Praticular Order

HOW DO I MAKE BULLETS ON DESKTOP

I FIGURED IT OUT GUYS

The Splendid City by Karen Heuler

Thunder Song by Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe

Dreaming Water by Gail Tsukiyama

Lady Macbeth by Ava Reid

Five Broken Blades by Mai Corland

The Coin by Yasmin Zaher

A Fate Inked In Blood by Danielle L Jensen

First Comes Scandal by Julia Quinn

And an honorable mention to 'A Diary Of Mutual Understanding by Jackie Copleton' that..... I mean I enjoyed it and parts of it were really good HOWEVER.... I dont know how comfortable I am with this being written by a white author.

[bookclub4m]

45 New & Forthcoming Indie Press Books by BIPOC Authors 

Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here.

Fiction

Weird Black Girls: Stories by Elwin Cotman (AK Press)

False Idols: A Reluctant King Novel by K’Wan (Akashic Books)

Sister Deborah by Scholastique Mukasonga, translated by Mark Polizzotti (Archipelago Books)

Bad Land by Corinna Chong (Arsenal Pulp Press)

These Letters End in Tears by Musih Tedji Xaviere (Catapult)

The Coin by Yasmin Zaher (Catapult)

Cecilia by K-Ming Chang (Coffee House Press)

Fog & Car by Eugene Lim (Coffee House Press)

We’re Safe When We’re Alone by Nghiem Tran (Coffee House Press)

A Woman of Pleasure by Kiyoko Murata, translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter (Counterpoint Press)

Bad Seed by Gabriel Carle, translated by Heather Houde (Feminist Press)

The Default World by Naomi Kanakia (Feminist Press)

The Singularity by Balsam Karam, translated by Saskia Vogel (Feminist Press)

I'll Give You a Reason by Annell López (Feminist Press)

Tongueless by Lau Yee-Wa, translated by Jennifer Feeley (Feminist Press)

Outcaste by Sheila James (Goose Lane Editions)

Silken Gazelles by Jokha Alharthi, translated by Marilyn Booth (House of Anansi Press)

Dad, I Miss You by Nadia Sammurtok, illustrated by Simji Park (Inhabit Media)

Secrets of the Snakestone by Pia DasGupta (Nosy Crow)

The Burrow by Melanie Cheng (Tin House)

Masquerade by Mike Fu (Tin House)

The World With Its Mouth Open: Stories by Zahid Rafiq (Tin House)

I Love You So Much It's Killing Us Both by Mariah Stovall (Soft Skull Press)

Non-Fiction

RAPilates: Body and Mind Conditioning in the Digital Age by Chuck D and Kathy Lopez (Akashic Books)

All Our Ordinary Stories: A Multigenerational Family Odyssey by Teresa Wong (Arsenal Pulp Press)

Dispersals: On Plants, Borders, and Belonging by Jessica J. Lee (Catapult)

My Pisces Heart: A Black Immigrant's Search for Home Across Four Continents by Jennifer Neal  (Catapult)

Beyond the Mountains: An Immigrant's Inspiring Journey of Healing and Learning to Dance with the Universe by Deja Vu Prem (Catapult)

Out of the Sierra: A Story of Rarámuri Resistance by Victoria Blanco (Coffee House Press)

Thunder Song: Essays by Sasha LaPointe (Counterpoint Press)

Born to Walk: My Journey of Trials and Resilience by Alpha Nkuranga (Goose Lane Editions)

Jinny Yu (At Once/À La Fois) by Jinny Yu (Goose Lane Editions)

Log Off: Why Posting and Politics (Almost) Never Mix by Katherine Cross (LittlePuss Press)

Becoming Little Shell: A Landless Indian’s Journey Home by Chris La Tray (Milkweed Editions)

World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments  by Aimee Nezhukumatathil (Milkweed Editions)

Opacities: On Writing and the Writing Life by Sofia Samatar (Soft Skull Press)

The Story Game by Shze-Hui Tjoa (Tin House)

Black Meme: The History of the Images That Make Us by Legacy Russell (Verso Books)

Poetry

i heard a crow before i was born by Jules Delorme (Goose Lane Editions)

We the Gathered Heat: Asian American and Pacific Islander Poetry, Performance, and Spoken Word edited by Franny Choi, Bao Phi, Noʻu Revilla, and Terisa Siagatonu (Haymarket Books)

A Map of My Want by Faylita Hicks (Haymarket Books)

[...] by Fady Joudah (Milkweed Editions)

Comics

A Witch’s Guide to Burning by Aminder Dhaliwal (Drawn & Quarterly)

Oba Electroplating Factory by Yoshiharu Tsuge (Drawn & Quarterly)

Lost at Windy River by  Jillian Dolan, Trina Rathgeber and Alina Pete (Orca Books)

[musingsofmonica]

March 2024 Diverse Reads

March 2024 Diverse Reads:

•”The Great Divide” by Cristina Henriquez, March 05, Ecco Press, Literary/Historical/Sagas/Hispanic & Latino

•”Anita de Monte Laughs Last” by Xochitl Gonzalez, March 05, Flatiron Books, Literary/Historical/Coming of Age/Hispanic & Latino/Multiple Timeliness

•”Thunder Song: Essays” by Sasha Lapointe, March 05, Counterpoint, Essays, Anthropology/ Ethnic Studies/Indigenous Studies/Popular Culture/Cultural, Ethnic & Regional/Native American & Aboriginal

•”James” by Percival Everett, March 19, Doubleday Books, Literary/Historical/Satire

•”Parasol Against the Axe” by Helen Oyeyemi, March 05, Riverhead Books, Literary/Magical Realism/Friendship

•”36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem” by Nam Le, March 05, Knopf Publishing Group, Poetry, Asian American/European/English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

•The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems” by Hala Alyan, March 12, Ecco Press, Poetry, Middle Eastern/Family/Places

•”Ward Toward: Volume 118” by Cindy Juyoung Ok, March 05, Yale University Press, Poetry/Asian/Women/Spaces/Mental Health/Hospitalization/Cultural & Social Themes

•”There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension” by Hanif Abdurraqib, March 26, Random House, Personal Memoir/Ethnic Studies/African American Studies/Basketball

•”You Get What You Pay for: Essays” by Morgan Parker, March 12, One World, Essays/Ethnic Studies/African American Studies/Cultural, Ethnic & Regional/African American & Black

•”Pride and Joy” by Louisa Onomé, March 12, Atria Books, Contemporary/Women/Family Life/African American 

•”Like Happiness” by Ursula Villarreal-Moura, March 26, Celadon Books, Literary/Coming of Age/Feminist/LGBT/Hispanic & Latino

•”Memory Piece” by Lisa Ko, March 19, Riverhead Books, Literary/Women/Asian American

•”The Angel of Indian Lake” by Stephen Graham Jones, March 26, S&S/Saga Press, Horror/Thriller/Suspense/Native American & Aboriginal

•”Women of Good Fortune” by Sophie Wan, March 05, Graydon House, ContemporaryWomen/Crime/Friendship/Feminist/World Literature/Asia/China

•”Victim” by Andrew Boryga, March 12, Doubleday Books, Literary/Satire/Humorous/Black Humor

•”The Emperor and the Endless Palace” by Justinian Huang, March 26, Mira Books, Historical/Fantasy/Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology/Romance/LGBT/Asian American/Cultural Heritage

•”Until August” by Gabriel García Márquez & Anne McLean (Translator), March 12, Knopf Publishing Group, Literary/Women/Family Life/Marriage & Divorce

•”A A Year of Last Things: Poems” by Michael Ondaatje, March 19, Knopf Publishing Group, Poetry/Death, Grief, Loss/Love & Erotica/America/World Heritage

•”Green Frog: Stories” Gina Chung, March 12, Knopf Publishing Group, Short Stories/Family Life/Folktales/Fantasy/American/Korean American

Happy reading!

Monica ✌️

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2024 contd. - ✑ english words for latin and greek elements by donald m. ayers - an immense world: how animal senses reveal hidden realms around us by ed yong - the metamorphosis and other stories by franz kafka, trans. donna freed - ✧ ingrid bergman: my story by ingrid bergman and alan burgess - ↻ ✑ autobiography of red by anne carson - ↻ the little prince by antoine de saint-exupéry (trans. katherine woods) - ✑ rose quartz by sasha taqwšeblu lapointe - a field guide to roadside wildflowers at full speed by chris helzer - ✑ incarnadine by mary syzbist - ✑ the epic of gilgamish: a new translation from the cuneiform tablets in the british museum rendered literally into english hexameters by r. campbell thompson - letters to a young poet by rainer maria rilke - ✑ blood snow by dg nanouk okpick - half-light: collected poems 1965-2016 by frank bidart - unleavable: essays by arina boyko - the other side of the wall by zach semel - bicycle diaries by david byrne - an erotic beyond: sade by octavio paz - ✧ the pale king by david foster wallace - ☏ elmore leonard's 10 rules of writing by elmore leonard - ✧ king me by roger reeves - a good scent from a strange mountain by robert olen butler - ♟ cancer ward by alexander solzhenitsyn - ☏ mockingbird by walter tevis - ✧ the roald dahl omnibus by roald dahl - the young man by annie ernaux (trans. alison l. strayer) - look at the lights, my love by annie ernaux (trans. alison l. strayer) - kiss me like a stranger: my search for love and art by gene wilder - 700 sundays by billy crystal - poems 1962-2012 by louise glück - dinner at the center of the earth by nathan englander - ☏ tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow by gabrielle zevin - a constellation of vital phenomena by anthony marra - play the piano drunk like a percussion instrument until the fingers begin to bleed a bit by charles bukowski - ✧ the broom of the system by david foster wallace - both flesh and not by david foster wallace - object lessons: tumor by anna leahy - out on a limerick edited by bennett cerf - ✧ object lessons: football by mark yakich - the limerick edited by g. legman - hunger by knut hamsum (trans. robert bly) - a fortune for your disaster by hanif abdurraqib - jesus' son: stories by denis johnson - ☏ the queen's gambit by walter tevis - signifying rappers by david foster wallace and mark costello - good bones by maggie smith - apricot jam by aleksandr solzhenitsyn - oblivion: stories by david foster wallace

[litbowl]

From another amazing book released by Milkweed today, Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe's Rose Quartz.

[maevefinnartist]

got any good poetry book recommendations?

depends on what kind of poetry you like but here are some I own/some of my favorites:

"Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems" Lucille Clifton

"Pocket Irish Poetry" Gill & MacMillan

"If They Come For Us" and "When We Were Sisters" Fatimah Asghar

"The Astrakhan Cloak" Nuala Ní Domhnaill

"North" and "Station Island" Seamus Heaney

"Collected Sonnets of Edna St. Vincent Millay" Harper & Row

"Rose Quartz: Poems" Sasha Taqwšəblu LaPointe

"The Black Unicorn" Audre Lorde

"Second Sight" Paddy Bushe

[queerhummingbird]

3, 10, 17?

Book asks! Wonderful!!!

3. What were your top five books of the year?

In no particular order they were: In the Hands of the Emperor by Victoria Goddard, A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon, Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin, Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour, and In Memoriam by Alice Winn

10. What was your favorite new release of the year?

I read surprisingly few new releases this year but my favorite would definitely be Exordia by Seth Dickinson (honestly could have been in my top 5)

17. Did any books surprise you with how good they were?

Yes! There were a couple that I picked up without knowing much that blew me away, one of which being Thunder Song by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe and another Better the Blood by Michael Bennett (picked it up for a reading challenge but it actually rocked despite being like, a Cop Thriller)

[libraryleopard]

November reads

* = reread

Savory and Supernatural by Karen Healey

The Dire Days of Willowweep Manor by Shannon K. Garrity and Christopher J. Baldwin

Tar Hollow Trans by Stacy Jane Grover

A Rome of One’s Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire by Emma Southon

Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell

The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark

Pilgrim Bell by Kaveh Akbar

The Black God’s Drums by P. Djèlí Clark*

The Dangerous Kingdom of Love by Neil Blackmore

The Sins on Their Bones by Laura R. Samotin

Like Happiness by Ursula Villareal-Moura

The Girl Who Kept the Castle by Ryan Graudin

The Last Smile in Sunder City by Luke Arnold

Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott

This World is Not Your by Kemi Ashing-Giwa

The Gathering Dark: A Folk Horror Anthology edited by Tori Bovalino

The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar

Thunder Song: Essays by Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe

And What Can We Offer You Tonight by Premee Mohamed

[queermtl]

Queer MTL things to do : December 2024

Queer MTL things to do: December 2024

As the year comes to a close, Montréal turns up the warmth and gathers in the spirit of chosen family. And just like every month, Montréal is stuffed to the brim with events, parties and unique experiences painted in all the colours of the LGBTQ+ rainbow. From drag to community, circuit to underground, here’s some of our picks for the best LGBTQ+ things to do in the city. For further announcements, including those not announced at time of publication, follow QueerMTL on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr! Got an event coming up? DM it our way!

LEGEND

🎥 Cinema 👑 Drag 🥳 Parties 🎶 Concert ✊ Activism 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans 🏳️‍🌈 Community 😆 Comedy 🎭 Performance 💪 Sports 👯‍♀️ Dance 🎤 Karaoke 🎨 Arts 📚 Literary / Educational 👠 Ballroom / Vogue

Sunday, December 1, 2024

🕯️ World AIDS Day

🏳️‍🌈 ACCM (AIDS Community Care Montréal) presents Visual AIDS’ Day With(out) Art: Red Reminds Me… featuring films by Gian Cruz, Milko Delgado, Imani Harrington, David Oscar Harvey, Mariana Iacono and Juan De La Mar, Nixie and Vasilios Papapitsios, Centre St-Pierre

🎭 QTBIPOC Open Mic Night, Bar Milton Parc

🎶 Pierre Lapointe, Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier Place des Arts

🥳 FRKY hosts FRKY TEA with Moka, Rawsoul and Manclaudy, Loft 10 Ave des Pins

🎨 Pointe-à-Callière’s exhibition Witches—Out of the Shadows runs until April 6, 2025, Pointe-à-Callière

🎭 Ligue d’impro Gailaxie, Cabaret Mado

👑 Bonne fête Ciatha Night, with Ciatha Night and special guests, Bar Le Cocktail

👑 Le Tracy Show with Tracy Trash and Bobépine, Jessie Précieuse and Aizysse Baga, Cabaret Mado

Monday, December 2, 2024

💪 A Soft Place To Land: Yin Yoga and Buddhist Meditation Practices for the FLINTA+ Community, Asntanga Yoga Montréal 

Tuesday, December 3, 2024

🏳️‍🌈 Les 3 sex presents Quiz night sex at L’Espace Public—Brasseurs de quartier (Usine)

👑 Full Gisèle : Légendaire with Gisèle Lullaby, Petula Claque, Velma Jones, Sasha Baga, Marla Deer and Ladrag On-fly, Cabaret Mado

😆 Stand Up St. Henri Open Mic focusing on women, non-binary, queer and allied comedians, Impro Montréal

Wednesday, December 4, 2024

🏳️‍🌈 Archives gaies du Québec hosts the queer zine exhibition GÉNÉRATION XEROX, Archives gaies du Québec

🎭 Queer Magique presents the musical revuew Witches & Bitches, Café Cléopatra

🎭 The Poly Mic, Notre-Dame-des-Quilles

😆 30/30 with Steve Potuck Adams and Eric Gill, Notre-Dame-des-Quilles

👑 Armado with the players of Armada RFC and Petula Claque, Cabaret Mado

Thursday, December 5, 2024

🏳️‍🌈 Archives gaies du Québec hosts the queer zine exhibition GÉNÉRATION XEROX, Archives gaies du Québec

🎭 Studio ZX presents Cabaret Noctambule: Spectacle de variétés, Quartier Jeunesse du CJE Montrtéal Centre-Ville

👑 Contestant Uma Gahd hosts screenings of Canada’s Drag Race Season 5, Bar Le Cocktail

🏳️‍🌈 Creating a Community Sound System Vol. 1, Society for Arts and Technology [SAT]

📚 L'Euguélionne, feminist bookstore hosts a book launch for Emilie Morand and Elisabeth Feytit’s Tous hétéros au boulot ?, L'Euguélionne

👑 Couronne et corset : une mystère de noël with Daisy Wood, Blueberry Moore, Ava Godiva, Akiko, Lady Yorick, Camélia, Princesse Catherine, Sir William, Barthélémy, Anondril and Vanity Faire, Cabaret Mado

👑 Death Becomes Drag with Kara Dube, Notre-Dame-des-Quilles

🎭 Queer Magique presents the musical revuew Witches & Bitches, Café Cléopatra

👑 Sarah Winter presents Adèle, love in the dark, Bar Le Cocktail 

Friday, December 6, 2024

🏳️‍🌈 Archives gaies du Québec hosts the queer zine exhibition GÉNÉRATION XEROX, Archives gaies du Québec

🎭 Queer Magique presents the musical revuew Witches & Bitches, Café Cléopatra

🥳 Hustle Nights hosts the MHC Christmas Party with DJ Haze and Honeybunn, Studio Tango Montréal 

👑 Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail

👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Jimmy Moore, Bobépine, Kiara and Nana, Cabaret Mado

Saturday, December 7, 2024

🎤 Bareoke: Strip Karaoke, Café Cléopatra

🎤 Queer Karaoke MTL presents C*ntmas Karaoke, Bar Milton Parc

🥳 SUPER TASTE MTL presents Starships: 2010's Dance Party, Bar Le Ritz PDB

🎶 Macrocilix EP release with Psychic Racoon and We Were Mermaids, l’Hemisphère Gauche

📚 The Violet Hour Book Club reads Valérie Bah’s Subterrane with the author in attendance, Casa d’Italia Montréal

📚 L'Euguélionne, feminist bookstore presents an evening of presentations on the theme of the night MARATHON DE LECTURE_Sur le thème de la nuit en littérature, L'Euguélionne

👑 Drôles de Drags with Miss Butterfly, Ciathanight, Crystal Starz or Emma Déjàvu in rotation, Bar Le Cocktail

🥳 FIYA Room with Madthink and Kid Crayola, T-Rapie 

👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Jimmy Moore, Bobépine, Kiara and Nana, Cabaret Mado

👑 Jimmy Moore presents Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas and All the Hits!, Cabaret Mado

Sunday, December 8, 2024

👑 Le Brunch aux Folles with Misty Waterfalls, Bobépine and Sasha Baga, Bar Social Verdun

👑 Dimanche Show with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail

👑 Drag Market #2, SDC du Village

🎭 Ligue d’impro Gailaxie, Cabaret Mado

👑 Le Tracy Show with Tracy Trash and Velma Jones, Kelly Torrieli and Marla Deer, Cabaret Mado

Monday, December 9, 2024

🎭 Le Show Queer, kicks off its Québec-wide tour with Alex Perron, Anne Sarah Charbonneau, Erika Suarez, Saad Fennich, Tranna Wintour, Coco Belliveau, Charlie Morin, Jessica Chartrand, Véronique Isabel Fillion, Sam Cyr, Andy St-Louis, Liliane Blanco-Binette, Yasmina Léveillé, Lady Guidoune, Sami Landry, Maxime Éve Gagnon, Justine Philie, Magalie Saint-Vincent, Marla Deer, Victoire de Rockwell, Lauriane Lalonde, Jérémie Larouche, Vincent Morin and more, Cabaret Mado

💪 A Soft Place To Land: Yin Yoga and Buddhist Meditation Practices for the FLINTA+ Community, Asntanga Yoga Montréal 

Tuesday, December 10, 2024

👑 Full Gisèle : Party de bureau with Gisèle Lullaby, Petula Claque, Misty Waterfalls, Walter Ego, Jessie Précieuse and Tracy Trash, Cabaret Mado

😆 Stand Up St. Henri Open Mic focusing on women, non-binary, queer and allied comedians, Impro Montréal

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

🏳️‍🌈 Archives gaies du Québec hosts the queer zine exhibition GÉNÉRATION XEROX, Archives gaies du Québec

🎭 The Poly Mic, Notre-Dame-des-Quilles

😆 Very Pretentious Comedy and The Poly Mic present Sandy / Yumi / Raquel with Sandy, Yumi Blake and Raquel Maestre, Notre-Dame-des-Quilles

🎶 Elisapie, MTelus

👑 Garden of Shade—Happy New Year with Esirena, Lulu Shade, Sarah Winters, Asmatix and Dolores Diamonds, Bar Le Cocktail 

👑 Starz Wars with Crystal Starz and special guests, Cabaret Mado

Thursday, December 12, 2024

🏳️‍🌈 Archives gaies du Québec hosts the queer zine exhibition GÉNÉRATION XEROX, Archives gaies du Québec

👑 Contestant Uma Gahd hosts screenings of Canada’s Drag Race Season 5, Bar Le Cocktail

👑 Love, sex et rock'n roll with Rawbin, Esirena and Sally-D, Bar Le Cocktail

Friday, December 13, 2024

🏳️‍🌈 Archives gaies du Québec hosts the queer zine exhibition GÉNÉRATION XEROX, Archives gaies du Québec

🥳 Cerise Noire goth night, Notre-Dame-des-Quilles

👑 Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail

👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Tracy Trash, Rainbow, Victoire de Rockwell and Nana, Cabaret Mado

Saturday, December 14, 2024

🥳 SUPER TASTE MTL presents Taylor Swift Dance Party: (End) of the Eras Tour, Bar Le Ritz PDB

👑 Drôles de Drags with Miss Butterfly, Ciathanight, Crystal Starz or Emma Déjàvu in rotation, Bar Le Cocktail

👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Tracy Trash, Rainbow, Victoire de Rockwell and Nana, Cabaret Mado

👑 Jimmy Moore personifies Taylor Swift, Cabaret Mado

Sunday, December 15, 2024

📚 75 SHOTS Fundraiser for Queer Cinema at Purple Mountain Artist Residency South Africa with Unoma Azuah, Agenda Bookstore Café

👑 Les succès oubliés, a night of humour and nostalgia, Bar Le Cocktail

🎭 Ligue d’impro Gailaxie, Cabaret Mado

👑 Le Tracy Show with Tracy Trash and Kiara, Peggy Sue and Lady Boom Boom, Cabaret Mado

Monday, December 16, 2024

💪 A Soft Place To Land: Yin Yoga and Buddhist Meditation Practices for the FLINTA+ Community, Asntanga Yoga Montréal 

Tuesday, December 17, 2024

👑 Full Gisèle : JoyeuXXX Noël! with Gisèle Lullaby, Petula Claque, Celis, Foxy Lexxi Brown, Lady Boom Boom and Adriana the Bombshell, Cabaret Mado

😆 Stand Up St. Henri Open Mic focusing on women, non-binary, queer and allied comedians, Impro Montréal

Wednesday, December 18, 2024

🏳️‍🌈 Archives gaies du Québec hosts the queer zine exhibition GÉNÉRATION XEROX, Archives gaies du Québec

🎨 Hommehomo presents Drink & Draw with live models, Bar Le Cocktail

👑 Jingle Belles with Makayla Couture, The Virgo Queen, Hollywood Jade and Uma Gahd, Cabaret Mado

Thursday, December 19, 2024

🏳️‍🌈 Archives gaies du Québec hosts the queer zine exhibition GÉNÉRATION XEROX, Archives gaies du Québec

🎥 Queer Cinema Club of Montréal and Image+Nation hosts two screenings of David French's How to Survive a Plague, Cinema Moderne

👑 Contestant Uma Gahd hosts screenings of Canada’s Drag Race Season 5, Bar Le Cocktail

👑 Gaga vision with Lady Boom Boom, Bar Le Cocktail

👑 Les Folies Draglesques with Miami Minx, Célesta O’Lee, Crystal Starz, Jay Show, Lily Monroe and Guy, Just Guy, Cabaret Mado

Friday, December 20, 2024

🏳️‍🌈 Archives gaies du Québec hosts the queer zine exhibition GÉNÉRATION XEROX, Archives gaies du Québec

👠 The Naughty List Kiki Ball with Father Broadway Mulan, Silk Pink Lady, Cherry KFC, La Sala Rossa

🥳 Solstice Noir with DJ Speechless, Audax, Bathoria and Kvk, Cabaret Berlin

👑 Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail

👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Carmen Sutra, Sasha Baga, Pétula Claque and Nana, Cabaret Mado

Saturday, December 21, 2024

🎤 Bareoke: Strip Karaoke, Café Cléopatra

🥳 Cirque De Boudoir presents the Debasement Kinky XXXmas Dance Party with DJs and special guests, Cabaret Berlin

👑 Drôles de Drags with Miss Butterfly, Ciathanight, Crystal Starz or Emma Déjàvu in rotation, Bar Le Cocktail

👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Carmen Sutra, Sasha Baga, Pétula Claque and Nana, Cabaret Mado

Sunday, December 22, 2024

👑 Dimanche Show with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail

🎭 Ligue d’impro Gailaxie, Cabaret Mado

👑 Le Tracy Show with Tracy Trash and Crystal Starz, Sasha Baga, Victoire de Rockwell and Pétula Claque, Cabaret Mado

Thursday, December 26, 2024

🏳️‍🌈 Archives gaies du Québec hosts the queer zine exhibition GÉNÉRATION XEROX, Archives gaies du Québec

👑 Contestant Uma Gahd hosts screenings of Canada’s Drag Race Season 5, Bar Le Cocktail

👑 Le party des fêtes à Chouchoune with Chouchoune and special guests, Bar Le Cocktail

Friday, December 27, 2024

🏳️‍🌈 Archives gaies du Québec hosts the queer zine exhibition GÉNÉRATION XEROX, Archives gaies du Québec

👑 Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail

👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Gisèle Lullaby, Marla Deer, Bambi Dextrous and Nana, Cabaret Mado

Saturday, December 28, 2024

🥳 LEZ DANZE presents Party des fêtes with DJ Lili-Gaga, Stock & Soda

👑 Drôles de Drags with Miss Butterfly, Ciathanight, Crystal Starz or Emma Déjàvu in rotation, Bar Le Cocktail

👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Gisèle Lullaby, Marla Deer, Bambi Dextrous and Nana, Cabaret Mado

👑 Jimmy Moore personifies Beyoncé, Cabaret Mado

Sunday, December 29, 2024

👑 Dimanche Show with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail

👑 Le Tracy Show with Tracy Trash and Lulu Shade, Bambi Dextrous and Marla Deer, Cabaret Mado

Tuesday, December 31, 2024

🥳 Queen & Queer hosts Queer Just Wanna Have Fun with Spinelli, Gurafiku, DJ Sam, Xannie and Seiizi, La Sala Rossa and La Sotterenea

🥳 SUPER TASTE and Homopop present Energy ’25, a pop and house dance party, with Sami Landri, Aizysse Baga and Lady Boom Boom, Ausgang Plaza

👑 Showtime 2025 with Mado Lamotte, Nana, Marla Deer, Tracy Trash, Gisèle Lullaby, Velma Jones, Bobépine, Peggy Sue, Kiara, Bambi Dextrous, Clay Thorris, Manny, Victoire de Rockwell and Walter Ego, Cabaret Mado

👑 Bonne année 2025! with Michel Dorion and special guests, Bar Le Cocktail

😆 Stand Up St. Henri Open Mic focusing on women, non-binary, queer and allied comedians, Impro Montréal

OTHERS / LES AUTRES

👠 Twice a month on every second Tuesday, Bring It! hosts an OTA night of ballroom and vogue with commentator and DJ. Follow their Instagram for dates and details.

💪 Montréal Roller Derby hosts regular matches and open boot camps throughout the year. Follow their Facebook page for additional info. 

🤠 Club Bolo—Danse Country Montréal meet on Fridays at the Association sportive et communautaire du Centre-Sud.

👯 Tango/Salsa Queer holds lessons every Saturday, visit queertangomtl.com for information or contact tango.queer@hotmail.com or call +1 (514) 709-4678 for prices and signup information, Espaces des Arts.

🏐 Les Ratons-Chasseurs (Montréal’s LGBTA dodgeball group) holds regular events. Keep an eye on their Facebook for upcoming opportunities to join in and play. 

🕹Montréal Gaymers hosts regular gatherings including board game nights and gaming gatherings. Check their Facebook for what’s next!

🏃🏾Join the Out-Run run and workout club for people relating to the queer / sapphic experience. Details on their Instagram!

🐦 Bird lovers should keep their eye on Queer Birders' regularly scheduled birdwatching events and excursions. Join the Facebook group and get those binoculars at the ready.