African American Book Club of Denver

Name: Let's Talk About, "The Gilda Stories" by Jewelle Gomez!
Start: 2025-09-20T18:30:00.000Z
End: 2025-09-20T20:30:00.000Z
Location: Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library

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Denver, CO, US

327 members · Public group

Organized by Austin and 4 others

What we’re about

Welcome fellow Readers! This is an African-American book club in Denver for Black people to discuss issues of race in America regarding African-Americans, Black Americans, and the Black diaspora worldwide. This is an inclusive and progressive group and all Black people are welcome to join. The main purpose of the group is to foster community in Denver amongst the Black diaspora. This group reads and discusses books by Black authors and based on the comfort level of members in the group, we choose whether to conduct meetings virtually or in person, possibly at a Denver library, coffee shop, or other decided upon venue.

Featured event

Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 12:30 PM MDTLet's Talk About, "The Gilda Stories" by Jewelle Gomez!

Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library, Denver, CO

Let's Talk About, "The Gilda Stories" by Jewelle Gomez! cover photo

**Poll Update**
From henceforth, we have decided to vote on the next book to discuss at the end of our book club meetings, so PLEASE show up to the meetings if you'd like a voice in voting for the next book. We'll trial this for a couple of times to see if it works, but I wanted to let everyone know what's up!! Thanks to ALL who participated in our last discussion; it was very lively and fun!
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Who: YOU!!

What: The Gilda Stories is the debut novel of American author and activist Jewelle Gomez. Published in 1991, this speculative fiction vampire novel follows the experiences of a Black lesbian heroine whose power and morality challenge assumptions about the vampire myth.

When: September 20th, 12:30pm MST

Where: The Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library, 2401 Welton St, Denver, CO 80205

Why: We meet to foster kinship and discuss important issues within the Black/Black diaspora community, world-wide! Let's join each other and discuss this book and ways to effect positive change in the systems that we must navigate.

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I look forward to discussing this book with y'all and hope that you can make it to our meeting! Feel free to attend even if you did not read the book or have partially read the book.