Jewelle Gomez Presents "The Gilda Stories"
Tue May 17 , 6:00PM
On Tuesday, May 17th 6-8pm at Philly Aids Thrift at Giovanni’s Room, Jewelle Gomez celebrates The Gilda Stories: Expanded 25th Anniversary Edition just published by City Lights. This remarkable novel begins in 1850s Louisiana, where Gilda escapes slavery and learns about freedom while working in a brothel. After being initiated into eternal life as one who "shares the blood" by two women there, Gilda spends the next 200 years searching for a place to call home. An instant lesbian classic when it was first published in 1991, The Gilda Stories has endured as an auspiciously prescient book in its explorations of blackness, radical ecology, redefinitions of family, and yes, the erotic potential of the vampire story.
