Banned Book Club | Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Sat, Nov 14
|Burlington Branch Library
A new book club is in rotation! We'll tackle our next banned book, Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo.
Time & Location
Nov 14, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Hwy, Knoxville, TN 37914, USA
About the Event
Co-led by our Bookshop Director Annastasia Williams and Michelle Christian, from UTK’s Department of Sociology, the Banned Book Club will regularly read and discuss commonly banned or challenged books in Tennessee. Join us in building an active local community to mobilize against book bans!
More About Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Seventeen-year-old Lily Hu can't remember exactly when the feeling took root—that desire to look, to move closer, to touch. Whenever it started growing, it definitely bloomed the moment she and Kathleen Miller walked under the flashing neon sign of a lesbian bar called the Telegraph Club. Suddenly, everything seemed possible.
But America in 1954 is not a safe place for two girls to fall in love, especially not in Chinatown. Red-Scare paranoia threatens everyone, including Chinese Americans like Lily. With deportation looming over her father—despite his hard-won citizenship—Lily and Kath risk everything to let their love see the…
Tickets
RSVP
This ticket is your RSVP. The event is free, but we are always accepting donations.
$0.00
RSVP & Book
This ticket includes an RSVP and a copy of the book. Books can be picked up from The Bottom upon purchase of the ticket.
$14.00
+$0.35 ticket service fee
Total
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