Book Club 2017-18
This is the Book we are reading this year
This is the Book we are reading this year
January:
January:
Disparate Impacts: Moving to Minnesota to Live Just Enough for the City
Disparate Impacts: Moving to Minnesota to Live Just Enough for the City
December:
December:
Red, White, and Blank
Red, White, and Blank
by Heid E. Erdrich
by Heid E. Erdrich
November:
November:
Trouble in Mind: To Be Black is Blue in America
Trouble in Mind: To Be Black is Blue in America
by IBe, page 69
by IBe, page 69
October:
October:
Dark Trees in the Landscape of Love
Dark Trees in the Landscape of Love
by Kao Kalia Yang. Page 145
by Kao Kalia Yang. Page 145
September: A Surrealist Story of One Asian American in Minnesota, by David Mura. Page 43
September: A Surrealist Story of One Asian American in Minnesota, by David Mura. Page 43
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A discussion question to begin:
An anthology (which literally means “flower collecting,” from anthos, flower, plus logia, collecting) creates a community within the bounds of a book. The theme of community recurs throughout the collection; many contributors address why they choose to live or remain in Minnesota. How do you see the motif of “home” presenting itself throughout the anthology, and do any passages call to you especially powerfully?
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