Fall 2022 & 2023

2022 Schedule:
--2022--

Oct. 10. Cancelled

Nov. 14. John P.: How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them, by Barbara F. Walter ; optional book on same topic: Jason Stanley How Fascism Works by Jason Stanley. The following short video by Stanley gives a brief review of fascism and can be a complement to the Walter book. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpCKkWMbmXU

Dec. 12. Pat: Floating in a most peculiar way, by Louis Chude-Sokei




--2023--

Jan. 9. Mary Ann: Lost & Found by Kathryn Schulz. At least five copies are available through the local library system.

Feb. 13. Lee: Gilgamesh: A New Translation of the Ancient Epic, by Sophus Helle. (The library has various translations of Gilgamesh available. This particular translation is not available through the local library.)

Mar. 13. John A.: The Plague, by Albert Camus (At least three copies are available through the local libraries. Also, ebooks of it are available for Newport library patrons.)

Apr. 10. Kanwal: Premonition, by Michael Lewis. (At least four copies are available through the local libraries. Also, ebooks of it are available for patrons of Newport and driftwood libraries.)

May 8. Brent: Book to be determined. Possible: a man called Ove book, maybe Starry Messenger, by Neil Degrasse Tyson

June 12. Craig: Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand, by Marcus Chown. (At least one copy is avaialble through the local library system.) (replacing prior choice : The Log from the Sea of Cortez, by John Steinbeck.)

July 10. John P.: Book to be determined. Maybe: Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past by Kevin M. Kruse, Julian E. Zelizer

Aug 14. Pat.

Sept 11. Mary Ann.

Oct 9. Lee.

Nov 13. John A.

Dec 11. Kanwal.

--2024--
Jan. Brent
Feb. Craig

Mar. John P.

2022

2022 Schedule:


--2022--

Jan. 10. canceled

Feb 14 Craig. "One Long River of Song: Notes on Wonder", by Brian Doyle

Mar 14. John P.: "Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope", by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

Apr 11. Pat: "Ordinary Heroes" by Scott Turow

May 9. Mary Ann: Why Fish don't Exist by Lulu Miller (2020)

June 13. Lee: The Elegance of the Hedgehog (2008), by Muriel Barbery.

July 11. John A.: Beloved beasts : fighting for life in an age of extinction / Michelle Nijhuis



Aug. 8. Brent: Beloved : a novel / by Toni Morrison / We will also discuss Kris' book selection, "The Grandmaster", by Brin-Jonathon Butler

Sep. 12. Craig: Candide, by Voltaire

Oct. 10. John P.: How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them, by Barbara F. Walter ; optional book on same topic: Jason Stanley "How Fascism Works' by Jason Stanley. The following short video by Stanley gives a brief review of fascism and can be a complement to the Walter book. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpCKkWMbmXU

Nov. 14. Pat: Floating in a most peculiar way, by Louis Chude-Sokei

Dec. 12. Mary Ann: "Lost & Found" by Kathryn Schulz



--2023--

Jan. 9. Lee: Book to be determined

Feb. 13. John A.: The Plague, by Albert Camus

Mar. 13. Kanwal: Premonition, by Michael Lewis.

April 10. Brent: Book to be determined. Possible: Pilgrim at Tinker Creek / Annie Dillard ; Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

May 8. Craig: Book to be determined

June 12. John P.: Book to be determined.