Every last Sunday of the month we’ll be hosting Queer Book Club led by Nathan, the Takoma Bookstore Supervisor, at Busboys and Poets Takoma. There we’ll gather to discuss a specific book by a queer author or about a queer subject matter. This book club is for anyone who identifies as LGBTQIA+ and wants to (more…)

Author Jeffrey Lofton writes the coming-of-age story of Philbet, a gay, physically-misshapen boy in rural Georgia, who battles bullying, ignorance, and disdain as he makes his way in life as an outsider—before finding acceptance in unlikely places.Fueled by tomato sandwiches and green milkshakes, and obsessed with cars, Philbet struggles with life and love as a (more…)

Busboys and Poets Books welcomes Briahna Joy Gray, Former National Press Secretary for #BernieSanders2020 and Norman Finkelstein to discuss identity politics, cancel culture and other topics from Norman Finklestein’s newest book:  I’ll Burn That Bridge When I Get To It Originating as a response to the 2020 publication of “A Letter on Justice and Open Debate” in Harper’s, (more…)

Britney Daniels is a Black, masculine-presenting, tattooed lesbian from a working-class background. For the last five years, she has been working as an emergency-room nurse. She began Journal of a Black Queer Nurse as a personal diary, a tool to heal from the day-to-day traumas of seeing too much and caring too much.Hilarious, gut-wrenching, and (more…)