Welcome to Reading Club at La Camionera, where we read and discuss queer, literary and theory classics, every Sunday from 3pm.
Feel free to arrive early to do some reading before we begin (or stay later and keep chatting!) Each session will begin with an introduction to the text of the week, before opening up into group discussion and a chance to break off into smaller circles. Every attendee will receive a book review card to fill out, prompts to guide discussion, and a suggestion for further readings.
Drop in for your favourites, or join us every week. Readers of all experiences very welcome. Finishing the text beforehand is advised but not essential <3
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Reading List #1 (Autumn 2025): Indulge in tales of introspection, eroticism and transformation, as we trace desire through the strange and the beautiful.
Week 1 (Nov 2): Orlando – Virginia Woolf
Week 2 (Nov 23): The Hour of the Star – Clarice Lispector
Week 3 (Nov 30): Eros the Bittersweet – Anne Carson
Week 4 (Dec 7): Zami – Audre Lorde
Week 5 (Dec 14): Giovanni’s Room – James Baldwin
Week 3: Eros the Bittersweet – Anne Carson
Starting with Sappho, the first writer to called eros “bittersweet”, Carson takes us on an mythical exploration of desire in classical philosophy and literature. Erotic love, writes Carson is a triangle, made from the lover, the beloved, and the space in between. Indeed, Eros the Bittersweet is just as much about space and selfhood as it is about romance itself. "Both the experience of desire and the experience of reading have something to teach us about edges”, Carson writes.
Prompts:
How does longing depend on distance in Carson’s idea of eros?
How does the fragmentary form mirror desire itself?
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