Milwaukee's Premier LGBT Bookstore and Giftshop
April:
National Poetry Month
Poetry Reading: Gregg
Shapiro
Tuesday, April 24 -- 7:00pm
Gregg Shapiro: 77
We’re delighted to host the launch of
Chicago poet Gregg Shapiro’s newest poetry collection. Gregg Shapiro: 77, a
collection of autobiographical poems featuring each year in the decade of the
70s, charts the poet’s life from adolescence to coming into his own as a gay
man on the cusp of a new decade. Gregg Shapiro is the author of the poetry
collection Protection (2008). Shapiro is also an entertainment journalist whose
interviews and reviews run in a variety of regional LGBT and mainstream
publications and websites. He lives in Chicago with his husband Rick Karlin and
their dogs Dusty and k.d. This is his first chapbook of poems.
Poetry Reading: Carmen
Alicia Murguia
Saturday, April 28 -- 7:00pm
Love!
Love!, poetry and a
Short Story by Carmen Alicia Murguia is about Carmen’s Love of Community, Love
of Women, Love of Self. Experience poems and a short story about the various
aspects of Love--from the craziness being in Love brings to finding closure with
Love as the guide.
Notable Authors Section
Back in 2008, Outwords Books creat e d a very special display featurin g a selection of the Notable LGBT writers since the beginning of the 20th Century. Having proved to be very popular, we've continued to keep the spotlight on such essential novelists as Oscar Wilde, Christopher Isherwood, Virginia Woolf, Sarah Waters and, of course, Marcel Proust.
Outwords Books Online
We are delighted to be able to announce that our online store is now live, featuring a selection of all of the latest Fiction and Non-Fiction titles, New Release DVDs and a variety of Men's and Women's Music favorites.
To access our online store, you can clink on the tab to the left, type into your browser:
or wherever you might find it, click onto our logo!
Thanks for visiting www.outwordsbooks.com!
Welcome to www.outwordsbooks.com, newly re-launched and better than ever!
At the beginning of 2010, an unfortunate
set of circumstances took our long-suffering shopping cart program
off-line, our webmaster missing without a trace.
We've spent the last few weeks madly
scrambling to come up with some options and are absolutely delighted to
welcome you to our new website: www.outwordsbooks.com.
We've completed Stage One: currently on our website, you'll be able find out more about Outwords Books: where we are located, our hours, our resident book clubs and other upcoming events plus our monthly "Top Picks."
Just this week, we have been able to
complete the Second and Final Stage: bringing to you our Online Store
which features an array our our products including New Release
Fiction, Hot New Non-Fiction, all of the latest Men's and Women's DVDs
and much, much more.
We welcome your feedback! Please do not hesitate to contact us at outwordsbooks@msn.com to let us know how you think we are doing!
Since 1993, Outwords Books, Gifts & Coffee has offered a wide selection of LGBT-related books, DVDs, Music Cds and Rainbow Pride Gift Items. Located on Milwaukee's East Side, Outwords Books is convenient to both the "15" and "30-Maryland" bus routes. We welcome you to browse our online store or better yet, please stop in for all the latest releases, personalized customer service and a damned good cup of coffee!
Open from: 11am to 7pm Monday to Thursday | 11am to 8pm Friday & Saturday | 12noon to 6pm Sunday
Outwords Books, Gifts & Coffee 2710 N. Murray Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53211
414.963.9089
outwordsbooks@msn.com
