Bi+ Book Club April: The Chosen and the Beautiful

Mon, 06 Apr, 2026 at 06:30 pm UTC-05:00

Milwaukee LGBT Community Center | Milwaukee

Bi+ Pride Milwaukee
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Bi+ Book Club April: The Chosen and the Beautiful
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The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo (Speculative Fiction/Great Gatsby Retelling)
Join Bi+ Pride Milwaukee for a book discussion at the LGBT Community Center!
In this Great Gatsby retelling, Jordan Baker grows up in the most rarefied circles of 1920s American society—she has money, education, a killer golf handicap, and invitations to some of the most exclusive parties of the Jazz Age. She's also queer, Asian, adopted, and treated as an exotic attraction by her peers, while the most important doors remain closed to her.
But the world is full of wonders: infernal pacts and dazzling illusions, lost ghosts and elemental mysteries. In all paper is fire, and Jordan can burn the cut paper heart out of a man. She just has to learn how.
An added delight: the incredible Nghi Vo is a denizen of this stretch of Great Lakes coastline, just as we are!
To support one of Wisconsin's Queer-Owned or Queer-Friendly Independent Bookstores, check out:
Boswell Book Company: https://www.boswellbooks.com (mention this book club at checkout for 10% off our reads this year, and look for our upcoming reads on their Book Club display!)
The Well-Read Damsel: https://www.thewellreddamsel.com
Thirst Books: https://thirstbooks.com
Lion's Tooth Books: https://www.lionstoothmke.com
A Room of One's Own: https://www.roomofonesown.com
You can also check out nearly every book on this year's list from the Milwaukee Public Library.
Additionally, you can support Bi+ Pride Milwaukee by purchasing from our Bookshop affiliate link: https://bookshop.org/shop/BiPrideMilwaukee
For a complete list of reads, check out our website: https://bimke.org
And you can also join our Amazon Book Club!
https://www.amazon.com/abc/detail/amzn1.club.bookclub.e4c5192b-58f3-740b-8d08-be66b03e2933?ref_=abc_aa_bdp_r_ds_imw_ibc
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