Grown-up Weirdlings, this one is for you! Join us on November 12 at 7pm for an hour to chat about The Tulip Poplar, by Silas House. Cost includes the book and one drink from Wilson's! (Beer, cider, kombucha, soda, lemonade, etc.) NOTE: Books will be pre-ordered upon sign-up and available to pick after the book releases on October 13! We will reach out via text or email to let you know when it’s available for pick-up.
The Book:
Tulip Poplars
Silas House
Publisher: Algonquin Books October 1 2026 EAN: 9781643756974 ISBN: 1643756974 Synopsis: Amos and Tom fall in love while working in the tobacco fields during the hot summers of the early 1900s, but it will be decades before they can truly be together. Tom cannot shake the strict religious code he was raised by nor the responsibilities of his family's farm, and he ultimately marries his longtime friend Maeve; while Amos goes to New York City to find the anonymity required to live his life openly. And though Maeve pines for Paschal rather than Tom, the strict Jim Crow laws prevent her and Paschal from being together. The Tulip Poplars is a sweeping novel--intimate in its storytelling and epic in its scope--spanning most of the 20th century, centering on four people trying to find happiness in a world that demands conventional choices. It is an examination of faith and doubt, race and class, and desire--not just sexual desire, but also the longing to be good when the whole world is telling you are evil for loving who you love. Deeply moving and based on the story of an ancestor, as well as the history of the small Kentucky towns he knows so well, House's new novel will leave you with a bigger heart.