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Author Archives: Ron Boothe
Robert Caro’s Working
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
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
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
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
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.
Susan Sontag Essays
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.
Burk’s Pre-Discussion Comments about Warmth of Other Suns
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
Warmth of Other Suns
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.
Notre-Dame de Paris
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
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