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Official account of the Equality Community Center (ECC) Library. Providing LGBTQ+ books since 2016. Our online catalog is linked! Mon-Fri 9am-6pm.

10/23/2026

Some epigraphs hook you, and then wreck you.

Book of the day: The Pure Lover by David Plante

• subtitled A Memoir of Grief
• the story of David Plante and Nikos Stangos, their life together, and Nikos’ passing
• published 2009

All the books we post can be checked out. The library is open Mon-Fri 9am-6pm.

10/21/2026

Some recent additions to our collection.

All the books we post can be checked out! The library is open Mon-Fri 9am-6pm.

10/20/2026

October’s pick for Radical Reads book club is In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

Join us Monday, October 26th @ 6pm at the ECC! There will be tea, snacks, and great conversation. The sign up form and additional details can be found in the link in our bio.

09/02/2026

Come check out our book sale at First Friday this week! We’ll be set up from 5-8pm.

08/24/2026

Next month’s pick for Radical Reads book club is Mad Honey by Jennifer Finney Boylan and Jodi Picoult

Join us Monday, September 28th @ 6pm at the ECC! There will be tea, snacks, and great conversation. The sign up form and additional details can be found in the link in our bio.

The ECC Library has one copy available for check out, so come snag it!

07/27/2026

Next month’s pick for Radical Reads book club is The Enchantments of Mammon: How Capitalism Became the Religion of Modernity by Eugene McCarraher

Join us Monday, August 24th @ 6pm at the ECC! There will be tea, snacks, and great conversation. The sign up form and additional details can be found in the link in our bio.

07/01/2026

Next month’s pick for Radical Reads book club is Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H

Join us Monday, July 27th @ 6pm at the ECC! There will be tea, snacks, and great conversation. The sign up form and additional details can be found in the link in our bio.

The ECC Library has one copy available for check out, so come snag it!

06/08/2026

Next month’s pick for Radical Reads book club is Sunburn by Chloe Michelle Howarth

Join us Monday, June 22nd @ 6pm at the ECC! There will be tea, snacks, and great conversation. The sign up form and additional details can be found in the link in our bio.

05/27/2026

Book of the day: Bending the Landscape: Science Fiction, edited by Nicola Griffith and Stephen Pagel

• anthology
• original gay and le***an writing of science fiction
• published 1998

All the books we post can be checked out! The library is open Mon-Fri 9am-6pm.

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05/26/2026

Here are some of the books that have been popular at the ECC Library this month! ➡️

🇮🇶 Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi

🇮🇷 Islam and Feminisms: An Iranian Case-Study by Haleh Afshar

🏳️‍⚧️ Gender Nonconformity, Race, and Sexuality: Charting the Connections, edited by Toni Lester

🌸 The Va**na Monologues by Eve Ensler

🎵 Jazz by Toni Morrison

All the books we post can be checked out! The library is open Mon-Fri 9am-6pm.

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15 Casco Street
Portland, ME
04101

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Tuesday	9am - 6pm
Wednesday	9am - 6pm
Thursday	9am - 6pm
Friday	9am - 6pm

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+12076139633

Website

https://www.librarycat.org/lib/ECC_Maine, https://eccmaine.org/library

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