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1:15 PM – Saturday – Book Club
July 15, 2023 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
What: The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening
By: Ari Shapiro
Where: Quatrefoil Library
When: July 15 at 1:15 PM
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Book Review:
Ari Shapiro, host of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” came out at 16. Though he hadn’t even kissed a boy there were rumors among his peers about his sexuality. “I decided that the best approach was to drown out the whisper campaign with a bullhorn.” He plastered his locker with postcards of Tom of Finland drawings and photographs by
Herb Ritts and Tom Bianchi. “On Halloween, I came to school in drag. After that, my calculus teacher stopped calling on me when I raised my hand in class.”
