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SUMMARY:Minnesota Author Event: The Lonely Veteran's Guide to Companionship
DESCRIPTION:Minnesota author Bronson Lemer will be at Garden Party Books on April 17 to talk about his new book\, The Lonely Veteran’s Guide to Companionship\, with Rochester author Virginia Wright-Peterson. \n\n\n\nThis free event will include a time for questions and the chance to buy the book\, as well as Lemer’s first book and books by Wright-Peterson! \n\n\n\nLemer offers a unique lens on military service and the queer experience\, and it’s sure to be a fascinating event!____ \n\n\n\nIn this collection of interrelated essays\, Bronson Lemer explores companionship through the lens of a queer veteran\, focusing on the difficulty of forming true connections with others\, including a “battle buddy” during basic training\, the people he meets while teaching in China\, and the spirit of a long-dead older sister. \n\n\n\nLemer uses lessons from popular culture and literature—the globe-trotting exploits of fictional criminal Carmen Sandiego\, the sexual exploration in Baldwin’s Giovanni’s Room\, the expatriate longing in Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast\, just to name a few—as a means to think more broadly about the role of the outsider and how we navigate aimlessness while searching for stability and meaning. \n\n\n\nLemer’s distinct take on the veteran’s story boldly engages the intersection of military narratives and queer culture\, including examinations into the role of thirst traps in contemporary dating culture\, the fears of long-term health damage caused by military service\, and the ways in which intimate relationships can lead to a loss of self. Taken together\, his essays illustrate how one queer veteran managed to carve out a path that led him\, however awkwardly at times\, closer to the person he wanted to be.
URL:https://gardenpartybooks.com/event/minnesota-author-event-the-lonely-veterans-guide-to-companionship/
LOCATION:Garden Party Books\, 602 7th St NW\, Rochester\, Minnesota\, 55901\, United States
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