Hello nerds,

Apologies for sending this when the month is almost over, but I wanted to put you on to all of the fun events we will be having in store each month moving forward. Seeing events on social media is hit or miss, I'm glad I have this newsletter to reach you all directly. Here is what we have for the rest of May!

In Person Events

Thursday, May 14th at 6:00 PM

Join us at Sunny's for Yuma County Abolition's monthly book club. This month they are reading Let This Radicalize You. RSVP HERE.

• About the book: What fuels and sustains activism and organizing when it feels like our worlds are collapsing? Let This Radicalize You is a practical and imaginative resource for activists and organizers building power in an era of destabilization and catastrophe.

• About Yuma County Abolition: Yuma County Abolition is a grassroots, volunteer-run network dedicated to providing immediate support to our community while building long-term, self-sustaining resilience. We ground our work in solidarity, intersectionality, abolition, accountability, mutual aid, and autonomous direct action.

  Friday, May 15th at 6:00 PM
  

  

  
  

  Join us at Sunny's for an author event and poetry reading featuring Raquel Gutiérrrez. RSVP HERE.

• About the book: Southwest Reconstruction is Raquel Gutiérrez's debut poetry collection, a disquieting journey through the uncharted dreamspace of memory and loss, expulsion and shelter, family and recognition. Enacting an eclectic range of forms and echoes drawn from the relational complexities that occupy the difficult terrains of unceded land; these are critical improvisations of creation and closures of the imperceptible sense of displacement, and the interconnecting routes that map the vastness of desire to belong.

• About the author: Raquel Gutiérrez is a poet, essayist, critic, performer and the author of Brown Neon: Essays (Coffee House Press). Gutiérrez's work has been recently supported by the United States Artist Fellowship and the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Fellowship. Gutiérrez has lived on unceded lands of the Tohono O'odham and Pascua Yaqui people since 2016.

  
  Thursday, May 21st at 6:00pm
  

  

  
  Join us at Sunny's for our monthly in-person event, Sunny's Salon. This months edition will be a book swap. RSVP HERE.

• About the event: We're hosting a simple book swap. Bring a book you loved (or one you're ready to pass on) and leave with something new to read. Enjoy bookish company, drinks, and discussion. The store will be 10% off for the entirety of the event.

  Online Events:

  Saturday, May 30th at 11:00 AM
  

  

  
  Join us at Sunny's us online for our monthly book club Zoom meeting. The May book is The Hill by Harriet Clark. RSVP HERE.

• About the book: After her mother is sentenced to life in a hilltop prison, Suzanna vows to return to the hill forever. An unexpectedly funny and deeply moving novel about the many ways we punish and return to each other.

• About Sunny's Book Club: Sunny’s Book Club is a monthly book club highlighting both new releases and backlist titles we love. A virtual discussion is hosted over Zoom on the last Saturday of the month. You can check out our selections each month and sign up here. You do not have to buy the book from Sunny's to participate, but we love when you do!
  

Thank you all for your support as always and hope to see you in person this month.

CJ

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