PEX Book Club

Hi! Thank you to the small but mighty group of people who attended our slightly unorthodox meeting in August to discuss The Parable of the Sower! The discussion was great, and I’m glad we got to tackle this important book.

For September, we are reading How Not To Drown In A Glass Of Water by Angie Cruz!

Directly from the author’s website: https://www.angiecruz.com/books “Write this down: Cara Romero wants to work. Cara Romero thought she would work at the factory of little lamps for the rest of her life. But when, in her mid-50s, she loses her job in the Great Recession, she is forced back into the job market for the first time in decades. Set up with a job counselor, Cara instead begins to narrate the story of her life. Over the course of twelve sessions, Cara recounts her tempestuous love affairs, her alternately biting and loving relationships with her neighbor Lulu and her sister Angela, her struggles with debt, gentrification and loss, and, eventually, what really happened between her and her estranged son, Fernando. As Cara confronts her darkest secrets and regrets, we see a woman buffeted by life but still full of fight.

Structurally inventive and emotionally kaleidoscopic, How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water is Angie Cruz’s most ambitious and moving novel yet, and Cara is a heroine for the ages.”.

Join us for book club on September 19th at 6 p.m. to discuss this book, or just be in community with others who love reading and supporting Authors of Color, even if you have not read nor finished the book!

Below are suggestions of bookstores to support that are owned by various People of Color.

Clover Daydreams (Asian and Queer Owned) (Tacoma)

Estelita’s Library - Justice Focused Community Bookstore & Library (Afro-Latinx Owned) (Seattle)

Brave + Kind bookstore (Black Owned) (Decatur, Georgia)

B L M F Literary Saloon (Black Owned) (Pike’s Place)

Paperbacks & Frybread (Indigenous Owned)

Birchbark Books & Native Arts (Indigenous Owned by Louise Erdrich) (Minneapolis, MN)

Reparations Club (Black, Queer & Women owned) (Los Angeles, California)

Hope to see you there! (What to expect: nuanced antiracist conversation in community with other like minded folks who are also intent on continuously decolonizing and becoming further enlightened, while also supporting businesses and people of the global majority in various forms, as we do so. Space is prioritized for Black, Indigenous, and other people of the global majority wherever possible; extra free copies and seats are prioritized for those previously mentioned, first, always.)

September 19th, 6-7pm

PS. If you would need a copy, but do not have the funds, please reach out and one will be made available to you, when and where possible