Episode 8: SLO MakerSpace and LGBTQ+ Art & Literature at the Library

– Learn more about the SLO MakerSpace and its collaboration with the SLO County Library System. At certain hours of the week, your SLO County library card provides free access to the SLO MakerSpace.

– Meet local writer Alicia Gael and learn about her books, her background, and her writing process. She writes what she calls “Sapphic mysteries” and deploys identity as a crucial tool in solving the mystery. We’ll also discuss LGBTQ+ art and literature more generally.

Link to Alicia’s Queer Book List

– Finally, we’ll learn more about one of our generous SLO County Library Foundation donors. A regular user of the Morro Bay Library in the late 90s, Dr. Sarah Day left a generous bequest to the SLO County Library System with the stipulation that a portion of the funds should support enhancing LGBTQ+ materials in the library collections. 

A set of four tall bookcases in the public library with faced out copies of LGBTQ+ books and films for PRIDE month

The PRIDE Month display in the SLO Library

Episode transcript in English

Transcripción del episodio en español

 

Music: “in THE crowd” by The Years