Author Archives: Ron Boothe

About Ron Boothe

I am a Professor Emeritus at Emory University, currently living in Tacoma Washington USA.

Robert Caro’s Working

Posted on November 13, 2021 by Ron Boothe

At our December meeting we will discuss a selection by Mark Jensen: Robert A. Caro, Working:  Researching, Interviewing, Writing (Knopf, 2019)

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Spoken Soul

Posted on October 17, 2021 by Ron Boothe

At our November meeting we will discuss a book selected by Richard Smaby: John Russell Rickford and Russell John Rickford, Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2000.

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Burk’s Dyken Falls Trilogy

Posted on September 18, 2021 by Ron Boothe

Burk Ketcham, China Bound? (2020), Dyken Falls (2021), The Pledge (2021), edited by Donna F. Brown, Published by Green Hollow Press. A very special meeting was organized by member Ron Powers for our September 2021 meeting. Our long time member, … Continue reading →

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To Kill a Mockingbird

Posted on June 9, 2021 by Ron Boothe

At our next meeting we will discuss a selection by Sid Whaley: Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, 1960.

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How to Avoid a Climate Disaster

Posted on May 16, 2021 by Ron Boothe

At our June meeting we will discuss a book suggested by Stirling Smith: Bill Gates, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, Alfred A Knopf, 2021.

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Susan Sontag Essays

Posted on April 8, 2021 by Ron Boothe

At our May meeting we will discuss a book of Susan Sontag essays selected by Mark Jensen: Susan Sontag, Against Interpretation and Other Essays, originally published by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1966.

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Burk’s Pre-Discussion Comments about Warmth of Other Suns

Posted on March 27, 2021 by Ron Boothe

Burk provides the following pre-discussion comments about his selection, Isabel Wilkerson, The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration, originally published by Random House in 2010. ———— WHY DID I SELECT “THE WARMTH OF OTHER SUNS?” … Continue reading →

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Warmth of Other Suns

Posted on March 8, 2021 by Ron Boothe

In April we will discuss a book selected by Burk, Isabel Wilkerson, The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration, originally published by Random House in 2010.

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Notre-Dame de Paris

Posted on February 15, 2021 by Ron Boothe

In March we will discuss a French gothic novel selected by Van Perdue, Victor Hugo, Notre-Dame de Paris, originally published in French in 1831. English translations often use the title, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame.

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Burk’s Reaction to A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Posted on January 17, 2021 by Ron Boothe

Our East Coast Member, Burk Ketcham, sent his reactions to A Tree Grows in Brooklyn via email, and I attach his comments here: Just finished  A Tree… and enjoyed the story. Both my parents and Helen’s parents grew up in … Continue reading →

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