This Vermont Reads event is cosponsored by AAUW and Bennington Queer Connect.
If you would like a free copy, contact Berta Winiker (bertleberries@yahoo.com) and she will arrange to get you a copy.
To prepare for this discussion, consider watching a YouTube video of Malinda Lo introducing her book.
Malinda Lo’s blog includes a special section about the creation of Last Night at the Telegraph Club. It might help you understand some aspects of the book. It includes these entries:
- Chinese Food in 1950s America
- The Making of Miss Chinatown
- A Guide to Lily’s San Francisco
- Racism and the Chinese American Experience
- A Brief History of Male Impersonation
- Finding Queer Asian America in the Margins
- The True Story of the Raid on Tommy’s Place
The Vermont Reads Online Materials page might also interest you. It includes links to several online exhibits related to the book’s themes, including:
- Pride 1983 online exhibit from Pride Center of Vermont and Vermont Folklife
- Backstage at the Rainbow Cattle Co. (about drag queens) from Vermont Folklife
- National Museum of American History Illegal to be You: Gay History Beyond Stonewall
- National Museum of American History HIV and AIDS Thirty Years Ago
- Chinese Historical Society of America Virtual Exhibits
- NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Virtual Tour
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