BOOK CLUB | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9 | 11 AM–1 PM | FREE
Illiterati: Gen X Book Club
Tank Girl the Collection
Illiterati: Gen X Book Club will now host their meetings at FUSION | The Cell! Their first monthly meeting is on Sunday, February 9, from 11 AM–1 PM. They’ll start out fun with Tank Girl the Collection, a 1993 graphic novel created by Jamie Hewlett & Alan C. Martin. Hardcopies are always nice, and a digital version is available for free e-checkout here.
You might come ready to compare/contrast this work to similar publications from surrounding generations (R Crumb? Maus? Bad at Adulting, Good at Feminism?). A 1995 film adaptation of Tank Girl was produced, directed, and cast predominantly by people from outside of Generation X. For extra credit, the group might compare their interpretation of Tank Girl's character to their experience of her in the original books. Come ready to discuss.
This book club is FREE and open to the public!
All are welcome. The club will be discussing books related to Generation X. You're welcome to BYO snacks and drinks. Later in the season Novel Point Coffee will also be open next door. Look in the photos section on Meetup.com for the current reading list. If you have reading suggestions please send them to genxbookclub@gmail.com, and keep in mind:
Authors should be born between 1960 and 1980. Outliers will want good reasons to be included. Any books over 400 pages may be discussed over multiple months.
Folks are welcome to attend even if they haven't finished the book, and audio versions are fair game.
Gen X Book Club is looking for discussion above agreement, but being mean will not be tolerated. Disagreement can be lovely as long as it remains respectful.
ABOUT ILLITERATI: GEN X BOOK CLUB
“Things are weird. The adults are all gone. We've been left to fend for ourselves by the light of an empty fridge.
Gen X was made for this. We got ourselves to the mall food court, looking for each other without appearing to care. Let's read Gen X literature. Let's discuss it as if it's real. As our ultimate rebellious act in a dying world we'll make it so.
Now that we've found a couple of interested slackers we'll crack open Eggers, Wurtzel, Safran Foer. Hewlett & Martin. If all goes well and follows in reasonable order we'll start with early Gen X authors and move to the later. Maybe rinse occasionally with something hopeish from outside the timeline, like Allie Brosh.
But when does it all go well and follow in reasonable order?”