Justice Initiatives Book Club: Eva's Man by Gayl Jones
Edited by Toni Morrison and published in 1976, Gayl Jones’ novel Eva’s Man is a deadpan yet spellbinding meditation on sexual violence and its aftershocks. Incarcerated for the murder of her lover, Eva recalls formative sexual traumas with a...
Justice Initiatives Book Club: Eva's Man by Gayl Jones
Edited by Toni Morrison and published in 1976, Gayl Jones’ novel Eva’s Man is a deadpan yet spellbinding meditation on sexual violence and its aftershocks. Incarcerated for the murder of her lover, Eva recalls formative sexual traumas with a...
FEB
8
Reading Is Fundamental (RIF)
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FEB
15
Reading Is Fundamental (RIF)
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FEB
16
Book Discussion: LOVE, LOSS, AND WHAT WE ATE
Shuttling between continents as a child, Padma Lakshmi lived a life of dislocation that would become habit as an adult, never quite at home in the world. And yet, through all her travels, her favorite food remained the simple rice she...
Afrofuturism Discussion: Kindred by Octavia Butler
Explore Afrofuturism in literature at the Macon Library as we discuss a story like no other. Kindred is the bestselling novel by noted science-fiction author Octavia Butler, first published in 1979. In 2017, the book was...
FEB
22
Reading Is Fundamental (RIF)
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Reading Circle: Book Discussion "When Breath Becomes Air"
The book club is open to anyone who loves to read and discuss books.
Join us to discuss "When Breath Becomes Air" which chronicles Paul Kalanithi's transformation from a naïve medical student into a neurosurgeon at...
FEB
28
Fiction of the 21st Century Book Club
Join the book club as they discuss...
MAR
1
Reading Is Fundamental (RIF)
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MAR
8
Reading Is Fundamental (RIF)
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Create your own Library at home!
MAR
15
Reading Is Fundamental (RIF)
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MAR
20
Book Discussion
Discuss The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. A remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant. When sober, Jeannette's brilliant and charismatic...
MAR
22
Reading Is Fundamental (RIF)
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MAR
23
Adult Book Club/Discussion
We will be reading WHOM SHALL I FEAR: A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY OF A BATTERED WOMAN by Lavon Morris-Grant. All adults are welcome to join our discussion. Come to the desk to check out a copy of the title for this month.
Book Discussion: If Kennedy Lived
Join us for a book discussion held every month at 6:30 PM. Registration is required - please speak to a staff member at the Customer Service Desk.
MAR
25
Adult Book Club/Discussion: Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama
For Women's History Month, we will be meeting to talk about Alison Bechdel's graphic novel Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama. Her earlier work Fun Home dealt with her relationship with her father and Are You My Mother? is a companion work...
MAR
28
Fiction of the 21st Century Book Club
Join the book club as they discuss...
MAR
29
Reading Is Fundamental (RIF)
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Reading Circle: Book Discussion- "The Boat Rocker" by Ha Jin
The book club is open to anyone who loves to read and discuss books.
Join us to discuss "The Boat Rocker" by Ha Jin.
APR
5
Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) Book Club
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APR
12
Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) Book Club
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APR
19
Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) Book Club
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APR
20
Book Discussion: The Harder They Come
Join us for a book discussion held every month at 6:30 PM. Registration is required - please speak to a staff member at the Customer Service Desk.
APR
25
Fiction of the 21st Century Book Club
Join the book club as they discuss The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz!
APR
26
Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) Book Club
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...
APR
27
Teen Book Discussion
Every month we read a short book. This month's selection is Detour by S.A Bodeen. Stop by the desk and pick up a copy. All teens are welcome.
MAY
3
Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) Book Club
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...
MAY
10
Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) Book Club
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MAY
17
Reading Is Fundamental (RIF)
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MAY
18
Big Teen Read Book Discussion!
Join other teens as we discuss the book X: A Novel by Ilyash Shabazz and Kekla Magoon. This fascinating book gives us a glimpse into the childhood and teenage years of the civil rights figure Malcom X. Snacks will be provided.
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MAY
23
Fiction of the 21st Century Book Club
Join the book club as they discuss Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie! (This was the book chosen for One Book, One New York this year).
http://www1.nyc.gov/site/mome/initiatives/1book1ny.page
MAY
24
Reading Is Fundamental (RIF)
Read the book YOU want to read...
Join Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) Book Club and get a FREE book and every 3rd time you sign up for RIF, get another FREE book
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...
MAY
25
Teen Book Discussion: After Tupac and DFoster
Teens and Young Adults are invited to join us for a discussion of After Tupac and DFoster by Jacqueline Woodson. This program is offered as part of our NEA Big Read of Tayari Jones’s Silver Sparrow.
Book Discussion: The Boys in the Boat
Join us for a book discussion held every month at 6:30 PM. Registration is required - please speak to a staff member at the Customer Service Desk.
This month's selection is the Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown.
MAY
31
Reading Is Fundamental (RIF)
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Adult Book Club/Discussion and Author Q&A: The Border of Paradise
May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month
For Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, we are reading Esmé Weijun Wang's debut novel, The Border of Paradise, with a special video Q&A session with the author!
This gothic...
JUN
27
Fiction of the 21st Century Book Club
Join the book club as they discuss The Sellout by Paul Beatty!
JUN
28
Adult Book Club/Discussion: Nevada
June is LGBT(QIA) Pride Month, and we're reading Imogen Binnie's first novel, Nevada, put out by Topside Press!
Nevada is the darkly comedic story of Maria Griffiths, a young trans woman living in New York City and trying to stay true to...
JUN
29
Book Discussion: Everything I Never Told You
Join us for a book discussion held every month at 6:30 PM. Registration is required - please speak to a staff member at the Customer Service Desk.
This month's selection is the Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng.
JUL
24
Book Discussion: The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
"A thrilling new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa See explores the lives of a Chinese mother and her daughter who has been adopted by an American couple."
JUL
25
Fiction of the 21st Century Book Club
Join the book club as they discuss The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett!
JUL
26
Adult Book Club/Discussion: The Handmaid's Tale
Have you been watching the new Hulu series based on Margaret Atwood's classic, The Handmaid's Tale? We have 200 additional copies at Brooklyn Public Library featuring a brand-new introduction by the author.
Offred is a Handmaid in the...
JUL
31
Book Discussion: A Man Called Ove
Meet Ove. He’s a curmudgeon—the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him “the bitter neighbor from hell...
AUG
2
Book Discussion for Adults
The group meets the first and third Tuesday of each month at the Library. Come join in on the discussions, it’s a great way to meet new people in the community!
AUG
15
Book Discussion: Killers of the Flower Moon
In the 1920s, the Osage found themselves in a unique position among Native Americans tribes. As other tribal lands were parceled out in an effort by the government to encourage dissolution and assimilation of both lands and culture, the Osage...
AUG
16
Book Discussion for Adults
The group meets the first and third Tuesday of each month at the Library. Come join in on the discussions, it’s a great way to meet new people in the community!
AUG
22
Fiction of the 21st Century Book Club
Join the book club as they discuss My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout!
AUG
28
Book Discussion: The Book of Speculation
"As Simon, a lonely research librarian, searches frantically for the key to a curse that might be killing the women in his family, he learns strange and fascinating secrets about their past. A tale full of magic and family mystery, The Book of...
AUG
29
Non-Fiction Book Club: Strangers In Their Own Land
Join us for our first non-fiction book club at Brooklyn Heights! This month we will be reading Strangers In Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right, published September 2016.
"In Strangers in Their Own Land, the renowned...
