tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37995490308487042742024-03-21T14:47:14.023-04:00Not Fiction Book DiscussionA forum for extending conversations from the Not Fiction Book Discussion at Charleston County Public Library. We welcome comments about the books we are reading, suggestions for further reading, and conversations about reading and writing.Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13017435171133412317noreply@blogger.comBlogger322125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799549030848704274.post-80244605840105892282021-09-24T15:40:00.000-04:002021-09-24T15:40:36.515-04:00Readalikes: If you liked September's selection . . . <p>If you enjoyed <i>Fathoms: The World in the Whale</i> by Rebecca Giggs, then you might also enjoy these books and film recommended by our discussion group members:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><i>The Moon by Whale Light: And Other Adventures Among Bats, Penguins, Crocodilians, and Whales</i> by Diane Ackerman</li><li><i>The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization</i> by Vince Beiser</li><li><i>The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean</i> by Susan Casey</li><li><i>Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life </i>by Lulu Miller</li><li><i>The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness </i>by Sy Montgomery</li><li><i>A Whale for the Killing</i> by Farley Mowat</li><li><i>The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World</i> by Patrik Svensson</li><li><i>The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival</i> by John Vaillant</li><li><i>My Octopus Teacher</i> documentary by Craig Foster</li></ul><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">A forum for extending conversations from the Nonfiction Book Discussion at Charleston County Public Library's Main Library. We welcome comments about the books we are reading, suggestions for further reading, and conversations about reading and writing.</div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13017435171133412317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799549030848704274.post-26572542800501888982021-09-07T11:56:00.001-04:002021-09-07T11:56:19.338-04:00September Not Fiction Book Discussion<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.ccpl.org/client/en_US/default/search/results?qu=fathoms+rebecca+giggs&te=" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"><i></i></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catalog.ccpl.org/client/en_US/default/search/results?qu=fathoms+rebecca+giggs&te=" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_J7NNlmO5YPyHEOvnPeTcqRftSzNDeY4E2oZCezdiAjErCscHEgSrlQ-ItCoMkW6lfxuAiq3Vrsv8zx3OmRM37gghELBBn1WTC4ddr2GULSCs-WeXy105oY62o-QuPGaChBTre_q5ErZt/s499/41saECmkL6L._SX329_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="331" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_J7NNlmO5YPyHEOvnPeTcqRftSzNDeY4E2oZCezdiAjErCscHEgSrlQ-ItCoMkW6lfxuAiq3Vrsv8zx3OmRM37gghELBBn1WTC4ddr2GULSCs-WeXy105oY62o-QuPGaChBTre_q5ErZt/s320/41saECmkL6L._SX329_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><blockquote>"There is a kind of hauntedness in wild animals today: a spectre related to environmental change ... Our fear is that the unseen spirits that move in them are ours."</blockquote></div><div style="text-align: left;">From the vastness of the stars we turn to the depth of the oceans and their largest inhabitants with the poetically written and deeply reported <a href="https://catalog.ccpl.org/client/en_US/default/search/results?qu=fathoms+rebecca+giggs&te=" target="_blank"><i>Fathoms: The World in the Whale</i> by Rebecca Giggs</a><span style="text-align: left;">, winner of the 2021 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, finalist for the 2020 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction and the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award, and shortlisted for the Stella Prize. </span>How do whales experience environmental change? Has our connection to these animals been transformed by technology? What future awaits us, and them? <i>Fathoms</i> blends natural history, philosophy, and science to explore these questions. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: wfont_b8fa3a_c28ee596e86c4fdd9db347ee7955428a, wf_c28ee596e86c4fdd9db347ee7, orig_gothamthin; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>Giggs </span>writes about how people feel toward animals in a time of ecological crisis and technological change. What do you think? Why do we seek out encounters with other animals? What are our obligations to other animals? </div></div></div><p></p><p><b>We hope you will join the discussion:</b></p><p><b>When and Where?</b></p><p><b>Tuesday, September 7, at 6:30 p.m. virtually on CCPL's Zoom server.</b> Here is a link to register for the September meeting: </p><p></p><blockquote><p>Hi there, </p><p>You are invited to a Zoom meeting. </p><p>When: Sep 7, 2021 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) </p><p>Register in advance for this meeting:</p><p><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYqceisqjkvGdQlXPa0Wx5dyNGMbiuz9u5K">https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYqceisqjkvGdQlXPa0Wx5dyNGMbiuz9u5K</a> </p><p>After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.</p></blockquote><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><div class="blogger-post-footer">A forum for extending conversations from the Nonfiction Book Discussion at Charleston County Public Library's Main Library. We welcome comments about the books we are reading, suggestions for further reading, and conversations about reading and writing.</div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13017435171133412317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799549030848704274.post-39337988565763247952021-08-07T12:46:00.001-04:002021-08-07T12:50:52.533-04:00Readalikes: If you liked August's selection . . . <p>If you enjoyed <i>The Human Cosmos: Civilization and the Stars</i> by Jo Marchant, then you might also like these books, radio shows, television shows, and documentaries recommended by our discussion group members:</p><p><b>Books</b></p><p><i>Nightfall</i> by Isaac Asimov</p><p><i>Astrophysics for People in a Hurry</i> by Neil deGrasse Tyson</p><p><i>Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe</i> by Brian Greene</p><p><i>A Brief History of Time</i> by Stephen Hawking</p><p><i>How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence</i> by Michael Pollan</p><p><i>Cosmos</i> and <i>Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space</i> by Carl Sagan</p><p><b>Radio shows</b></p><p><i>StarTalk Radio</i> hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson</p><p><b>TV shows and documentaries</b></p><p><i>StarTalk</i> television series hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson</p><p><i>Cosmos: A Personal Voyage</i> television series written and produced by Carl Sagan</p><p><i>One Strange Rock</i> television series hosted by Will Smith</p><p><i>Overview</i> short documentary directed by Guy Reid</p><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">A forum for extending conversations from the Nonfiction Book Discussion at Charleston County Public Library's Main Library. We welcome comments about the books we are reading, suggestions for further reading, and conversations about reading and writing.</div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13017435171133412317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799549030848704274.post-78461275980979095692021-07-28T14:14:00.000-04:002021-07-28T14:14:01.409-04:00August Not Fiction Book Discussion<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivouCi4rGuMF1_xNB2EnBDBBJuxMRwqQptJOFhViA4fRkiM_QMGCm9yS3_fP1sddr5QL2putwK1xruOP1bnq7uTjoxV0pgQm9PQVq2nCmsQkav49Ca9iNVFO1gRFJXpARWuLwDxrD6gkUK/s499/51-9WdVCLyL._SX329_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="331" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivouCi4rGuMF1_xNB2EnBDBBJuxMRwqQptJOFhViA4fRkiM_QMGCm9yS3_fP1sddr5QL2putwK1xruOP1bnq7uTjoxV0pgQm9PQVq2nCmsQkav49Ca9iNVFO1gRFJXpARWuLwDxrD6gkUK/s320/51-9WdVCLyL._SX329_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" /></a></div>With <a href="https://catalog.ccpl.org/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1095900/one?qu=the+human+cosmos+jo+marchant" target="_blank">The Human Cosmos: Civilization and the Stars by Jo Marchant</a>, we turn our attention from the underland to the heavens. Marchant's interest is broader than mathematical astronomy. She is interested in a cosmology that is human-centered, that "describe[s] the broad philosophical and spiritual endeavor to make sense of existence, to ask who we are, where we are, and why we're here." She tells twelve stories that show how people have seen the heavens over time, from prehistoric times to the virtual future, myth to science, with the goal of encouraging us to once again look up with awe and feel connected to the universe.<p></p><p>What do you think? Is it possible to reintegrate subjective meaning into our scientific understanding of the cosmos? What would that look like?</p><p><b>We hope you will join the discussion:</b></p><p><b>When? </b>Tuesday, August 3, at 6:30 p.m.</p><p><b>Where?</b> We will meet virtually on CCPL's Zoom server. Here is a link to register for the August meeting:</p><div></div><blockquote><div>Hi there, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div><br /></div><div>You are invited to a Zoom meeting. </div><div>When: Aug 3, 2021 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) </div><div><br /></div><div>Register in advance for this meeting:</div><div>https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYqceisqjkvGdQlXPa0Wx5dyNGMbiuz9u5K </div><div><br /></div><div>After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.</div></div></div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div></div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD5R5Oyoq48q0YmFP217KU64LV4XtNOPx_pSnd0a98GamUY6DQYmqyDebfWwabc4QdihjUMO4v0DnfHwyiXwA3oBor8wxd8uTzSda5tevqKJc-zT4uvSBgEq0Dak_17v8bJWIkjSRNRMD0/s499/51-9WdVCLyL._SX329_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">A forum for extending conversations from the Nonfiction Book Discussion at Charleston County Public Library's Main Library. We welcome comments about the books we are reading, suggestions for further reading, and conversations about reading and writing.</div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13017435171133412317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799549030848704274.post-53381334543032151292021-07-12T15:53:00.000-04:002021-07-12T15:53:25.313-04:00Readalikes: If you liked July's selection . . . <p>If you enjoyed <i>Underland: A Deep Time Journey</i> by Robert Macfarlane, then you might also enjoy these books recommended by our discussion group members:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><i>The Findings Trilogy</i> (<i>Findings</i>, <i>Sightlines</i>, and <i>Surfacing</i>) by Kathleen Jamie</li><li><i>The Human Cosmos: Civilization and the Stars</i> by Jo Marchant</li><li><i>Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds, and Shape Our Futures</i> by Merlin Sheldrake</li><li><i>The Living Mountain: A Celebration of the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland</i> by Nan Shepherd</li></ul><p></p><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">A forum for extending conversations from the Nonfiction Book Discussion at Charleston County Public Library's Main Library. We welcome comments about the books we are reading, suggestions for further reading, and conversations about reading and writing.</div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13017435171133412317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799549030848704274.post-69358699105437641932021-06-28T16:56:00.001-04:002021-06-28T16:56:16.846-04:00July Not Fiction Book Discussion<blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzrAV-YA1tjuseASwEqUCdtp7VxjFol4pD3W2cQCE1S3CrogqJjAGpEw_p_nyF_PVfYN8J_bELwnEb8gJfEoBRcKqVXUJEX8waWdAKvjcSu5LniBlOn75l51LM5kVqYjMo9QrkP0QZe5Jn/s293/Underland.webp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="293" data-original-width="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzrAV-YA1tjuseASwEqUCdtp7VxjFol4pD3W2cQCE1S3CrogqJjAGpEw_p_nyF_PVfYN8J_bELwnEb8gJfEoBRcKqVXUJEX8waWdAKvjcSu5LniBlOn75l51LM5kVqYjMo9QrkP0QZe5Jn/s0/Underland.webp" /></a></div>The way into the underland is through the riven trunk of an old ash tree. . . . Its crown flourishes skywards into weather. Its long boughs lean low around. Its roots reach far underground. . . . Near the ash's base its trunk splits into a rough rift, just wide enough that a person might slip into the tree's hollow heart--and there drop into the dark space that opens below.</blockquote><p></p><p>So begins <a href="https://catalog.ccpl.org/client/en_US/default/search/results?qu=underland+robert+macfarlane&te=" target="_blank"><i>Underland: A Deep Time Journey</i> by Robert Macfarlane</a>, a smooth yet portentous transition from last month's book, <i>The Overstory</i> by Richard Powers, into a multifaceted exploration of the Earth's underworlds through myth, art and literature, anthropology, and science. Macfarlane notes that "[t]he same three tasks recur across cultures and epochs: to shelter what is precious, to yield what is valuable, and to dispose of what is harmful." It is this "deep time" perspective which gives urgency to his exploration because he asks us to consider, "Are we being good ancestors to the future earth?"</p><p>A book discussion member said, "This book has provided me with an entirely new way of thinking about the underground. . . . every step I take on the grass seems like it's a roof to somewhere else and every subway journey hits a bit differently now." <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">What do you think? Has </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">Underland</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">given you a new perspective on our collective fears and loves and the shared responsibility of being good ancestors?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">We hope you will join the discussion:</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>When?</b> Tuesday, July 6, at 6:30 p.m.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Where?</b> We will meet virtually on CCPL's Zoom server. Here is a link to register for the June meeting: </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hi there, </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You are invited to a Zoom meeting. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When: Jun 1, 2021 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Register in advance for this meeting:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><a href="http://notfictionbookdiscussion.blogspot.com/Hi%20there,%20%20%20You%20are%20invited%20to%20a%20Zoom%20meeting.%20%20When:%20Jun%201,%202021%2006:30%20PM%20Eastern%20Time%20(US%20and%20Canada)%20%20%20Register%20in%20advance%20for%20this%20meeting:%20https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYqceisqjkvGdQlXPa0Wx5dyNGMbiuz9u5K%20%20%20After%20registering,%20you%20will%20receive%20a%20confirmation%20email%20containing%20information%20about%20joining%20the%20meeting." style="color: #66b5ff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYqceisqjkvGdQlXPa0Wx5dyNGMbiuz9u5K </span></a></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.</span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">A forum for extending conversations from the Nonfiction Book Discussion at Charleston County Public Library's Main Library. We welcome comments about the books we are reading, suggestions for further reading, and conversations about reading and writing.</div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13017435171133412317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799549030848704274.post-46103689893822815732021-06-08T11:48:00.001-04:002021-06-08T11:48:24.548-04:00Readalikes: If you enjoyed June's selection . . . <p>If you enjoyed <i>The Overstory</i> by Richard Powers, then you might also enjoy the following books and films suggested by a variety of readers and reviewers.</p><p>In a review for <i>Booklist</i> (March 7, 2018), Donna Seaman lists some classic works of ecofiction, including the following:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><i>The Monkey Wrench Gang</i> by Edward Abbey</li><li><i>A Friend of the Earth</i> by T. C. Boyle</li><li><i>The Living</i> by Annie Dillard</li><li><i>The Tree-Sitter</i> by Suzanne Matson</li><li><i>The Cookbook Collector</i> by Allegra Goodman</li><li><i>The Widower's Tale</i> by Julia Glass</li><li><i>Barkskins</i> by Annie Proulx</li><li><i>At the Edge of the Orchard</i> by Tracy Chevalier</li></ul><p></p><p>In the DC Swarthmore Book Group Blog, Professor Bolton notes two works of nonfiction and two documentaries that he says inspired Powers' novel:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><i>The Hidden Life of Trees</i> by Peter Wohlleben</li><li><i>The Legacy of Luna </i>by Julia Butterfly Hill</li><li><i>Intelligent Trees</i> (documentary)</li><li><i>If a Tree Falls</i> (documentary)</li></ul><p></p><p>In a <i>By the Book</i> (March 28, 2019) interview with the <i>New York Times</i>, Powers says he read over 120 books about trees and mentions several:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><i>A Natural History of North American Trees</i> by Donald Culross Peattie, </li><li><i>Magnificent Trees of the New York Botanical Garden</i> by Todd A. Forrest</li><li><i>To Speak for the Trees: My Life's Journey from Ancient Celtic Wisdom to a Healing Vision of the Forest</i> by Diana Beresford-Kroeger</li></ul><p></p><p>And our discussion group members suggested the following titles:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><i>Finding the Mother Tree</i> by Suzanne Simard, on whom the character of Patricia is based</li><li><i>The Giving Tree</i> by Shel Silverstein</li><li><i>A Walk in the Woods</i> by Bill Bryson</li><li><i>Diary of a Young Naturalist</i> by Dara McAnulty</li><li><i>Serena</i> and <i>In the Valley</i> by Ron Rash</li></ul><p></p><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">A forum for extending conversations from the Nonfiction Book Discussion at Charleston County Public Library's Main Library. We welcome comments about the books we are reading, suggestions for further reading, and conversations about reading and writing.</div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13017435171133412317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799549030848704274.post-52138318013731426752021-05-24T14:17:00.004-04:002021-05-24T14:17:53.585-04:00June Not Fiction Book Discussion<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiip4h_nwFDrmprQfvRa0m_6kNlpwYV2iII07_MjCIr8XcmY3inQTM7uPkwPOQGpG6X7FLzWhEE6bGpfaLlvtqA21KbioAyUDeqWPdrGE0ph7i-6NZr8etw47lxCYgli50OJFzRC_EjjrIk/s1823/The+Overstory+large.jpg" style="clear: right; display: inline; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1823" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiip4h_nwFDrmprQfvRa0m_6kNlpwYV2iII07_MjCIr8XcmY3inQTM7uPkwPOQGpG6X7FLzWhEE6bGpfaLlvtqA21KbioAyUDeqWPdrGE0ph7i-6NZr8etw47lxCYgli50OJFzRC_EjjrIk/s320/The+Overstory+large.jpg" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">“The best arguments in the world won't change a person's mind. The only thing that can do that is a good story.” Richard Powers, <i>The Overstory</i></span></p><p>In <a href="https://catalog.ccpl.org/client/en_US/default/search/results?qu=the+overstory+richard+powers&te=" target="_blank"><i>The Overstory: A Novel</i> by Richard Powers</a>, a paradigm-shifting story of activism and resistance, nine people who know how to listen are brought together by five trees to protest the destruction of our forests.</p><p>At the beginning of the book, a woman sits in a park: "<i>A chorus of living wood sings to the woman:</i> If your mind were only a slightly greener thing, we'd drown you in meaning. <i>The pine she leans against says:</i> Listen. There's something you need to hear." Powers brings to life Robin Wall Kimmerer's vision of a communal, reciprocal relationship between people and plants. It is a work of fiction imagined with the help of many works of nonfiction and containing within it a fictional nonfiction work. In a <i>By the Book</i> interview with <i>The New York Times</i> (March 28, 2019), Powers says he has "a large bookshelf devoted to trees and their allies." Powers' research for the novel literally changed his life, leading him to Tennessee's Great Smoky Mountains, where he now lives. </p><p>What do you think? Has <i>The Overstory</i> changed your perspective on your place in the natural world and your responsibility to it?</p><p><b>We hope you will join the discussion:</b></p><p><b>When?</b> Tuesday, June 1, at 6:30 p.m.</p><p><b>Where?</b> We will meet virtually on CCPL's Zoom server. Here is a link to register for the June meeting: </p><p>Hi there, </p><p>You are invited to a Zoom meeting. </p><p>When: Jun 1, 2021 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) </p><p>Register in advance for this meeting:</p><p><a href="Hi there, You are invited to a Zoom meeting. When: Jun 1, 2021 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Register in advance for this meeting: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYqceisqjkvGdQlXPa0Wx5dyNGMbiuz9u5K After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting." target="_blank">https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYqceisqjkvGdQlXPa0Wx5dyNGMbiuz9u5K </a></p><p>After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">A forum for extending conversations from the Nonfiction Book Discussion at Charleston County Public Library's Main Library. We welcome comments about the books we are reading, suggestions for further reading, and conversations about reading and writing.</div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13017435171133412317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799549030848704274.post-40082893911509455732021-05-10T13:52:00.002-04:002021-05-10T13:52:54.020-04:00Readalikes: If you enjoyed May's selection . . . <p> If you enjoyed <i>Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants</i> by Robin Wall Kimmerer, then you might also like these books suggested by our discussion group members:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><i>The World-Ending Fire: The Essential Wendell Berry</i> by Wendell Berry</li><li><i>The New Wilderness: A Novel</i> by Diane Cook</li><li><i>The Signature of All Things: A Novel</i> by Elizabeth Gilbert</li><li><i>Lab Girl</i> by Hope Jahren</li><li><i>Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life</i> by Barbara Kingsolver</li><li><i>Prodigal Summer: A Novel</i> by Barbara Kingsolver</li><li><i>A Sand County Almanac</i> by Aldo Leopold</li><li><i>The Overstory: A Novel</i> by Richard Powers</li><li><i>Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures</i> by Merlin Sheldrake</li><li><i>Language of Landscape</i> by Anne Whiston Spirn</li></ul><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">A forum for extending conversations from the Nonfiction Book Discussion at Charleston County Public Library's Main Library. We welcome comments about the books we are reading, suggestions for further reading, and conversations about reading and writing.</div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13017435171133412317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799549030848704274.post-74125961112234824882021-04-16T15:53:00.000-04:002021-04-16T15:53:23.245-04:00May Not Fiction Book Discussion<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOOQyaJ-iR_qWG1s98cucsHTYqNf5QaVfajXMvdp_3QNjE6FexE_OFLNgiLMJVJuRLP5qHzYjYaiTKOWcvQrQdTiHLBajWTdiLnt-l28wAdvxJeALvGdo8AEn1l7XpcZncVg_7PZjlHDpo/s499/Braiding+Sweetgrass.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="324" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOOQyaJ-iR_qWG1s98cucsHTYqNf5QaVfajXMvdp_3QNjE6FexE_OFLNgiLMJVJuRLP5qHzYjYaiTKOWcvQrQdTiHLBajWTdiLnt-l28wAdvxJeALvGdo8AEn1l7XpcZncVg_7PZjlHDpo/s320/Braiding+Sweetgrass.jpg" /></a></div>Jenny Odell, author of last month's book, <i>How to Do Nothing,</i> acknowledges the influence of this month's book, <a href="https://catalog.ccpl.org/client/en_US/default/search/results?qu=braiding+sweetgrass+kimmerer&te=" target="_blank"><i>Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants</i> by Robin Wall Kimmerer</a>, to her own thinking about the power of our attention. Kimmerer, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology and the founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment, brings together these two points of view, the scientific and the reverential, to awaken our ecological consciousness. With a lyrical blend of precise detail and engaging storytelling, Kimmerer helps us to see the world around us with new eyes.<p></p><p></p><p><b>We hope you will join the discussion:</b></p><p><b>When? </b>Tuesday, May 4, at 6:30 p.m.</p><p><b>Where?</b> We will meet virtually on CCPL's Zoom server. Here is a link to register for the May meeting: </p><p>Hi there, </p><p>You are invited to a Zoom meeting. </p><p>When: May 4, 2021 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) </p><p>Register in advance for this meeting:</p><p><a href="Hi there, You are invited to a Zoom meeting. When: May 4, 2021 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Register in advance for this meeting: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYqceisqjkvGdQlXPa0Wx5dyNGMbiuz9u5K After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting." target="_blank">https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYqceisqjkvGdQlXPa0Wx5dyNGMbiuz9u5K </a></p><p>After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">A forum for extending conversations from the Nonfiction Book Discussion at Charleston County Public Library's Main Library. We welcome comments about the books we are reading, suggestions for further reading, and conversations about reading and writing.</div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13017435171133412317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799549030848704274.post-24227708745136415762021-04-15T15:07:00.001-04:002021-04-16T11:38:22.634-04:00Readalikes: If you liked April's selection . . . <p> If you liked <i>How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy</i> by Jenny Odell, then you might also enjoy these books suggested by our discussion group members:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><i>World-Ending Fire: The Essential</i> Wendell Berry</li><li><i>Kids These Days: The Making of Millennials</i> by Malcolm Harris</li><li><i>Braiding Sweetgrass</i> by Robin Wall Kimmerer</li><li><i>Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World</i> by Cal Newport</li><li><i>Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It</i> by Ethan Kross</li><li><i>Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation</i> by Anne Helen Petersen</li><li><i>How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence</i> by Michael Pollan</li><li><i>The Overstory</i> by Richard Powers</li><li><i>Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion</i> by Jia Tolentino</li><li><i>The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads</i> by Tim Wu</li><li><i>The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power</i> by Shoshana Zuboff</li></ul><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">A forum for extending conversations from the Nonfiction Book Discussion at Charleston County Public Library's Main Library. We welcome comments about the books we are reading, suggestions for further reading, and conversations about reading and writing.</div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13017435171133412317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799549030848704274.post-3501715419236985722021-04-03T13:36:00.000-04:002021-04-03T13:36:07.390-04:00If you enjoyed Nomadland by Jessica Bruder . . . <p>If you enjoyed <i>Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century</i> by Jessica Bruder, which we read together in 2018, then you might enjoy this interview with Bruder from <i>Esquire</i> that a discussion group member shared: <a href="https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a35538486/nomadland-fern-true-story-jessica-bruder-linda-bob-swankie-now/" target="_blank"><i>Nomadland Is a Real Human Story That's Not Over Yet</i> by Adrienne Westenfeld</a>. Bruder tells us how some of the people she featured in her book are doing, what life on the road is like during the pandemic, and what it was like for her book to be made into an award-winning film by Chloé Zhao featuring some of the actual nomads she profiles.</p><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">A forum for extending conversations from the Nonfiction Book Discussion at Charleston County Public Library's Main Library. We welcome comments about the books we are reading, suggestions for further reading, and conversations about reading and writing.</div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13017435171133412317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799549030848704274.post-52154040869862283222021-03-17T16:24:00.000-04:002021-03-17T16:24:25.916-04:00April Not Fiction Book Discussion<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmQbOb6QaYkEwLDT6-UtlbMkdwYBEBxGJEszQicQIBjbM_FQdelBNzhBGQ-pVuEvPh60rdER6WXXOjhUsLWNTtzQJ6OWcXqeth5xK6sB_zIFgsDQ8RmKw2BYOQvPjI-e4hAU5D7yMBcAwj/s499/HT+Do+Nothing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="332" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmQbOb6QaYkEwLDT6-UtlbMkdwYBEBxGJEszQicQIBjbM_FQdelBNzhBGQ-pVuEvPh60rdER6WXXOjhUsLWNTtzQJ6OWcXqeth5xK6sB_zIFgsDQ8RmKw2BYOQvPjI-e4hAU5D7yMBcAwj/s320/HT+Do+Nothing.jpg" /></a>Last month's book, <i>The Age of Surveillance Capitalism</i> by Shoshana Zuboff, informed us of the threat posed by internet platforms for the benefit of a few technology entrepreneurs and their iconic companies to the economy, to democracy, to society, and to our right to define our own personal future by how we use our time and attention. <a href="https://catalog.ccpl.org/client/en_US/default/search/results?qu=how+to+do+nothing+jenny+odell&te=" target="_blank"><i>How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy</i> by Jenny Odell </a> is a guide to taking back our time and attention. It is a political manifesto for resisting the limited future planned for us by what Zuboff calls "surveillance capitalism." With her entertaining and subtly subversive ramble through ancient philosophy, stories of political resistance, art and literature, and nature, Odell encourages us to disconnect from the online world and its message of efficiency and productivity and reconnect to the actual world around us.</p><p><b>We hope you will join the discussion:</b></p><p><b>When?</b> Tuesday, April 6, at 6:30 p.m.</p><p><b>Where? </b>We will meet virtually on CCPL's Zoom server. Here is a link to register for the April meeting.</p><p>Hi there, </p><p><br /></p><p>You are invited to a Zoom meeting. </p><p>When: Apr 6, 2021 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) </p><p><br /></p><p>Register in advance for this meeting:</p><p><a href="https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYqceisqjkvGdQlXPa0Wx5dyNGMbiuz9u5K">https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYqceisqjkvGdQlXPa0Wx5dyNGMbiuz9u5K</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">A forum for extending conversations from the Nonfiction Book Discussion at Charleston County Public Library's Main Library. We welcome comments about the books we are reading, suggestions for further reading, and conversations about reading and writing.</div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13017435171133412317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799549030848704274.post-76672886284153881612021-03-17T11:10:00.000-04:002021-03-17T11:10:04.842-04:00Readalikes: If you enjoyed March's selection . . . <p>If you enjoyed <i>The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power</i> by Shoshana Zuboff, then you might also like these books and film suggested by our discussion group members:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><i>The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains</i> by Nicholas Carr</li><li><i>The Swerve: How the World Became Modern</i> by Stephen Greenblatt</li><li><i>Brave New World</i> by Aldous Huxley</li><li><i>How To Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy</i> by Jenny Odell</li><li><i>1984</i> by George Orwell</li><li><i>Capital in the 21st Century</i> by Thomas Piketty</li><li><i>The Social Network</i> by Ben Mezrich, book; Aaron Sorkin, screenplay; and David Fincher, director</li></ul><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">A forum for extending conversations from the Nonfiction Book Discussion at Charleston County Public Library's Main Library. We welcome comments about the books we are reading, suggestions for further reading, and conversations about reading and writing.</div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13017435171133412317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799549030848704274.post-47084015404289152232021-02-09T15:08:00.001-05:002021-02-09T15:08:43.596-05:00March's Not Fiction Book Discussion<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjan1n6e9WExejCG4G8HryPQ5Jo8wb2A05srI7GxgtGdiIjFu9hz0o93QW1bDLCmLBwnlDHDUcvlEGHTLlsN3KZEe9g3ekgjv9wiO7FeZUWERL4601BdhoWglfUNo48N-rCTyhSpOzrjVUr/s499/Surveillance+Capitalism.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="299" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjan1n6e9WExejCG4G8HryPQ5Jo8wb2A05srI7GxgtGdiIjFu9hz0o93QW1bDLCmLBwnlDHDUcvlEGHTLlsN3KZEe9g3ekgjv9wiO7FeZUWERL4601BdhoWglfUNo48N-rCTyhSpOzrjVUr/s320/Surveillance+Capitalism.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">In this month's discussion, we'll talk about the evolution of capitalism as described in <a href="https://catalog.ccpl.org/client/en_US/default/search/results?qu=the+age+of+surveillance+capitalism&te=" target="_blank"><i>The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future</i> <i>at the New Frontier of Power</i> by Shoshana Zuboff</a>. Zuboff, the Charles Edward Wilson Professor Emerita at Harvard Business School and a former Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School, argues that through internet platforms we interact with every day, our private lives have become a free raw material that "surveillance capitalists" exploit without regulation to predict and shape human behavior. They are the new conquistadors and Gilded Age industrialists of the 21st century.</span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b>We hope you will join the discussion:</b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b>When?</b> Tuesday, March 2, at 6:30 p.m.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b>Where?</b> We will meet virtually on CCPL's Zoom server. Here is a link to register for the March meeting:</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"></p><blockquote style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 1em 20px;"><p style="margin: 0.75em 0px;">Hi there, </p><p style="margin: 0.75em 0px;">You are invited to a Zoom meeting. </p></blockquote><blockquote style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 1em 20px;"><p style="margin: 0.75em 0px;">When: March 2, 2021 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) </p></blockquote><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </p><blockquote style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 1em 20px;"><p style="margin: 0.75em 0px;">Register in advance for this meeting:</p><p style="margin: 0.75em 0px;"><a href="https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYqceisqjkvGdQlXPa0Wx5dyNGMbiuz9u5K" style="color: #66b5ff; text-decoration-line: none;">https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYqceisqjkvGdQlXPa0Wx5dyNGMbiuz9u5K</a> </p></blockquote><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </p><blockquote style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 1em 20px;"><p style="margin: 0.75em 0px;">After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.</p></blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer">A forum for extending conversations from the Nonfiction Book Discussion at Charleston County Public Library's Main Library. We welcome comments about the books we are reading, suggestions for further reading, and conversations about reading and writing.</div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13017435171133412317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799549030848704274.post-62565772985043593242021-02-09T14:31:00.000-05:002021-02-09T14:31:08.587-05:00Readalikes: If you enjoyed February's selection . . . <p> If you enjoyed <i>Silver, Sword, and Stone: Three Crucibles in the Latin American Story</i> by Marie Arana, then you might also enjoy these books suggested by our discussion group members:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><i>In the Time of the Butterflies</i> by Julia Alvarez</li><li><i>What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance</i> by Carolyn Forché</li><li>One Hundred Years of Solitude, <i>The Autumn of the Patriarch</i>, <i>The General in His Labyrinth</i>, and others by Gabriel Garcia Marquez</li><li><i>Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City</i> by Greg Grandin</li><li><i>1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus</i> and <i>1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created</i> by Charles Mann</li><li><i>Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter</i>, <i>Death in the Andes</i>, <i>The Feast of the Goat</i>, and others by Mario Vargas Llosa</li><li><i>The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World</i> by Andrea Wulf</li></ul><div>You might also enjoy listening to this podcast suggested by a discussion group member:</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/01/07/794302086/there-will-be-bananas" target="_blank"><i>There Will Be Bananas</i>. <i>Throughline</i>. NPR 1/9/2020</a></li></ul></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">A forum for extending conversations from the Nonfiction Book Discussion at Charleston County Public Library's Main Library. We welcome comments about the books we are reading, suggestions for further reading, and conversations about reading and writing.</div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13017435171133412317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799549030848704274.post-80443328801848511042021-01-19T12:34:00.002-05:002021-01-19T12:34:38.830-05:00February's Not Fiction Book Discussion<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvwAK-PUYXb-W1jXPY6qZbdTmsBdiVC9T9EZvAOhCkVyCXDM7278VZlSVQMslOF75vTBwPjw4Z4eq6vKWc9vlqWQ4ZrTQ9Yyk9p_GSOQifkhIhyQpfivt-OMD34f2R60w0_23bTNYhTQyQ/s2048/Silver+Sword+and+Stone.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1357" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvwAK-PUYXb-W1jXPY6qZbdTmsBdiVC9T9EZvAOhCkVyCXDM7278VZlSVQMslOF75vTBwPjw4Z4eq6vKWc9vlqWQ4ZrTQ9Yyk9p_GSOQifkhIhyQpfivt-OMD34f2R60w0_23bTNYhTQyQ/w212-h320/Silver+Sword+and+Stone.jpg" width="212" /></a></div>This month we continue reading about the forces that shaped the Americas with <a href="https://catalog.ccpl.org/client/en_US/default/search/results?qu=silver+sword+and+stone+marie+arana&te=" target="_blank"><i>Silver, Sword and Stone: Three Crucibles in the Latin American Story</i> by Marie Arana</a>. Arana tells the story of how exploitation (silver), violence (sword), and religion (stone) have influenced Latin America by interweaving history with the lives of three contemporary Latin Americans.<p></p><p><b>We hope you will join the discussion:</b></p><p><b>When?</b> Tuesday, February 2, at 6:30 p.m.</p><p><b>Where?</b> We will meet virtually on CCPL's Zoom server. Here is a link to register for the February meeting:</p><p></p><blockquote><p>Hi there, </p><p>You are invited to a Zoom meeting. </p></blockquote><blockquote><p>When: Feb 2, 2021 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) </p></blockquote><p> </p><blockquote><p>Register in advance for this meeting:</p><p><a href="https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYqceisqjkvGdQlXPa0Wx5dyNGMbiuz9u5K">https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYqceisqjkvGdQlXPa0Wx5dyNGMbiuz9u5K</a> </p></blockquote><p> </p><blockquote><p>After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.</p></blockquote><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">A forum for extending conversations from the Nonfiction Book Discussion at Charleston County Public Library's Main Library. We welcome comments about the books we are reading, suggestions for further reading, and conversations about reading and writing.</div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13017435171133412317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799549030848704274.post-71325759390108140422021-01-19T12:12:00.000-05:002021-01-19T12:12:13.874-05:00Readalikes: If you enjoyed January's selection . . . <p> If you enjoyed <i>The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America</i> by Greg Grandin, then you might also enjoy these books suggested by our discussion group members:</p><p style="text-align: left;"><i>The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border</i> by Francisco Cantu<br /><i>What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance</i> by Carolyn Forche<br /><i>Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI</i> by David Grann<br /><i>Lost Children Archive</i> by Valeria Luiselli<br /><i>1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus</i> by Charles C. Mann<br /><i>Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West</i> by Cormac McCarthy<br /><i>The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present</i> by David Treuer</p><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">A forum for extending conversations from the Nonfiction Book Discussion at Charleston County Public Library's Main Library. We welcome comments about the books we are reading, suggestions for further reading, and conversations about reading and writing.</div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13017435171133412317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799549030848704274.post-92076273729777418432020-12-08T13:35:00.000-05:002020-12-08T13:35:16.863-05:00January Not Fiction Book Discussion<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiBPQuFqXVWCXm_V4t_XVWhgNSrlcPFatDXAIz-uc_rCUzg-nAQ4OaL1So1O9eF3X58a9avcFI_nps-zt7k0puSFUyIMLHvccsPpZg5LCoeC66CAeU2ca_e2SRzcT6Q5IV5V_dMpr2VyzB/s499/The+End+of+the+Myth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="329" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiBPQuFqXVWCXm_V4t_XVWhgNSrlcPFatDXAIz-uc_rCUzg-nAQ4OaL1So1O9eF3X58a9avcFI_nps-zt7k0puSFUyIMLHvccsPpZg5LCoeC66CAeU2ca_e2SRzcT6Q5IV5V_dMpr2VyzB/w211-h320/The+End+of+the+Myth.jpg" width="211" /></a></div>We begin our conversations for 2021 with the winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction, <a href="https://catalog.ccpl.org/client/en_US/default/search/results?qu=the+end+of+the+myth+greg+grandin&te=" target="_blank"><i>The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America</i> by Greg Grandin</a>, professor of history at Yale University. Grandin asks us to take a fresh and honest look at the brutal realities behind the myth of American exceptionalism, using the symbols of the frontier and the border wall to frame his discussion of the evolution of American identity and its inextricable roots in capital gained through the paradigm of an extractive economy.<p></p><p><b>We hope you will join the discussion:</b></p><p><b>When? </b>Tuesday, January 5, at 6:30 p.m.</p><p><b>Where?</b> We will meet virtually on Zoom. Here is a link to register for the January meeting:</p><p></p><blockquote><p>Hi there, </p><p><br /></p><p>You are invited to a Zoom meeting. </p><p>When: Jan 5, 2021 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) </p><p><br /></p><p>Register in advance for this meeting:</p><p><a href="https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYqceisqjkvGdQlXPa0Wx5dyNGMbiuz9u5K " target="_blank">https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYqceisqjkvGdQlXPa0Wx5dyNGMbiuz9u5K </a></p><p><br /></p><p>After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.</p></blockquote><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">A forum for extending conversations from the Nonfiction Book Discussion at Charleston County Public Library's Main Library. We welcome comments about the books we are reading, suggestions for further reading, and conversations about reading and writing.</div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13017435171133412317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799549030848704274.post-6055509639910199402020-12-08T12:19:00.000-05:002020-12-08T12:19:43.051-05:00Not Fiction Book Discussion Titles for 2021<p> "[S]imple awareness is the seed of responsibility." --Jenny Odell, <i>How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy</i></p><p>We are all ready for 2021--a new year, a fresh start . . . and a new list of books for discussion, posted on the right. This year's books look at the pursuit of capital in the Americas and capitalism's means, ends, and limits. They look at our most precious resource, our attention, as capital to be exploited or reclaimed and used wisely. And they encourage us to shift our perspective towards the vast, the slow, the cyclic, the interconnected life of the natural world, the cosmos, deep time, and myth. </p><p>We hope you will join the discussions:</p><p><b>When?</b> We will meet the first Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m.</p><p><b>Where?</b> We will meet virtually on Zoom until CCPL is able to safely resume in-person programming. Here is an invitation to register for the January meeting on Zoom: </p><p></p><blockquote><p>Hi there, </p></blockquote><p> </p><blockquote><p>You are invited to a Zoom meeting. </p><p>When: Jan 5, 2021 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) </p><p><br /></p><p>Register in advance for this meeting:</p><p><a href="https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYqceisqjkvGdQlXPa0Wx5dyNGMbiuz9u5K " target="_blank">https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYqceisqjkvGdQlXPa0Wx5dyNGMbiuz9u5K </a></p><p><br /></p><p>After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.</p></blockquote><p></p><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">A forum for extending conversations from the Nonfiction Book Discussion at Charleston County Public Library's Main Library. We welcome comments about the books we are reading, suggestions for further reading, and conversations about reading and writing.</div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13017435171133412317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799549030848704274.post-27122893041921787772020-12-02T10:40:00.000-05:002020-12-02T10:40:27.628-05:00Readalikes: If you enjoyed December's selection . . . <p> If you enjoyed <i>The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir</i> by Samantha Power, then you might also like these books suggested by our discussion group members:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><i>Madame Secretary: A Memoir</i> by Madeleine Albright</li><li><i>Pelosi </i>by Molly Ball</li><li><i>Sisters in Law: How Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World</i> by Linda Hirshman</li><li><i>My Life on the Road</i> by Gloria Steinem</li></ul><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">A forum for extending conversations from the Nonfiction Book Discussion at Charleston County Public Library's Main Library. We welcome comments about the books we are reading, suggestions for further reading, and conversations about reading and writing.</div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13017435171133412317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799549030848704274.post-92064187844976217802020-11-12T15:03:00.000-05:002020-11-12T15:03:01.762-05:00December Not Fiction Book Discussion<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO8pcAbmAff6pmVExFVkX7SI4JilDJ4kRsC2kVHCR-jbP3bIhTI4x_9hwhbSLuIcjJ3Yc9JjzDunwETHy2DowP5Gb_2-uiFGWK3cQEEisY60NNTaedC8J9TT0MYmtq3GE4rpfwaFxsOUXu/s499/Education+of+an+Idealist.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="331" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO8pcAbmAff6pmVExFVkX7SI4JilDJ4kRsC2kVHCR-jbP3bIhTI4x_9hwhbSLuIcjJ3Yc9JjzDunwETHy2DowP5Gb_2-uiFGWK3cQEEisY60NNTaedC8J9TT0MYmtq3GE4rpfwaFxsOUXu/s320/Education+of+an+Idealist.jpg" /></a></div>Join us for a virtual discussion of <i><a href="https://catalog.ccpl.org/client/en_US/default/search/results?qu=education+of+an+idealist&te=" target="_blank">The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir by Samantha Power</a></i>, the Anna Lindh Professor of the Practice of Global Leadership and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and William D. Zabel Professor of Practice in Human Rights at Harvard Law School. From 2013 to 2017, Power served in the Cabinet of President Barack Obama and as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. From 2009 to 2013, Power worked on the National Security COuncil as Special Assistant to the President for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights. <p></p><p>"<i>The Education of an Idealist</i> brings a unique blend of suspenseful storytelling, vivid character portraits, and shrewd political insight. It traces Power's distinctly American journey from immigrant to war correspondent to presidential Cabinet official. . . . Along the way, she illuminates the intricacies of politics and geopolitics, reminding us how the United States can lead in the world, and why we each have the opportunity to advance the cause of human dignity. Power's memoir is an unforgettable account of the power of idealism--and of one person's fierce determination to make a difference" (from the publisher). </p><p><b>When? Tuesday, December 1, at 6:30 p.m.</b></p><p><b>Where? The Not Fiction Book Discussion has moved to Zoom! </b>Here is an invitation to register on Zoom: </p><p><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Hi there, </span></p><p><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">You are invited to a Zoom meeting. </span></p><p><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">When: Dec 1, 2020 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) </span></p><p><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Register in advance for this meeting:</span></p><p><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAud-2gqjIvE9UoDxD6kM7PgZkdGwWP1FF2 </span></p><p><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.</span></p><p>We hope you will join the discussion!</p><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">A forum for extending conversations from the Nonfiction Book Discussion at Charleston County Public Library's Main Library. We welcome comments about the books we are reading, suggestions for further reading, and conversations about reading and writing.</div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13017435171133412317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799549030848704274.post-88112651728307548732020-11-12T14:36:00.000-05:002020-11-12T14:36:43.203-05:00Readalikes: If you enjoyed November's selection . . . <p> If you liked <i>Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist</i> by Eli Saslow, then you might also like these books suggested by our discussion group members: </p><p><i>White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism</i> by Robin DiAngelo</p><p><i>How to Be An Antiracist </i>by Ibram X. Kendi</p><p><i>The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America</i> by Richard Rothstein</p><p><i>Caste: The Origins of our Discontents</i> by Isabel Wilkerson</p><p><i>Charleston Syllabus: Readings on Race, Racism, and Racial Violence</i> edited by Chad Williams, Kidada E. Williams, and Keisha N. Blain</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">A forum for extending conversations from the Nonfiction Book Discussion at Charleston County Public Library's Main Library. We welcome comments about the books we are reading, suggestions for further reading, and conversations about reading and writing.</div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13017435171133412317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799549030848704274.post-33239621098072585722020-10-22T13:00:00.000-04:002020-10-22T13:00:42.045-04:00November Not Fiction Book Discussion<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJL9ixbTB3QalmdyF3Y7H5_DTrETa7HlC5LAEJKxyChOTmA0cSKdSbSw8CRnK7lwdbrcozMA1MlZwtLhlkCI53OfL7-wvfU1qKiEoB3dihQce-Rwr8M27TMY_8zWMHRrkV-u1hcbXa8bcv/s499/Rising+Out+of+Hatred.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="324" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJL9ixbTB3QalmdyF3Y7H5_DTrETa7HlC5LAEJKxyChOTmA0cSKdSbSw8CRnK7lwdbrcozMA1MlZwtLhlkCI53OfL7-wvfU1qKiEoB3dihQce-Rwr8M27TMY_8zWMHRrkV-u1hcbXa8bcv/w208-h320/Rising+Out+of+Hatred.jpg" width="208" /></a></div><br />Join us for a virtual discussion of <a href="https://catalog.ccpl.org/client/en_US/default/search/results?qu=rising+out+of+hatred+saslow&te=" target="_blank"><i>Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist </i>by Eli Saslow</a>. <div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: none;">"From a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, the powerful story of how a prominent white supremacist changed his heart and mind. This is a book to help us understand the American moment and to help us better understand one another" (from the publisher).</span><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px;"><b style="font-family: inherit;">When? Tuesday, November 10, at 6:30 p.m. Please note that this is the SECOND TUESDAY OF NOVEMBER. </b><span style="font-family: inherit;">We hope you will vote on or before Tuesday, November 3.</span></p><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="font-family: inherit;">Where? Not Fiction Book Discussion has moved to Zoom! </b><span style="font-family: inherit;">We will most likely hold all of our discussions on Zoom through the end of the year. </span></p><p style="border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here is the invitation to register on Zoom. The meeting code you receive will work for the remainder of the discussions this year.</span></p><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Hi there, </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">You are invited to a Zoom meeting. </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">When: Nov 10, 2020 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Register in advance for this meeting:</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAud-2gqjIvE9UoDxD6kM7PgZkdGwWP1FF2 </span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">We hope you will join the discussion!</span></span></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">A forum for extending conversations from the Nonfiction Book Discussion at Charleston County Public Library's Main Library. We welcome comments about the books we are reading, suggestions for further reading, and conversations about reading and writing.</div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13017435171133412317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799549030848704274.post-54098546079439800292020-10-22T12:41:00.002-04:002020-10-22T13:02:34.299-04:00Readalikes: If you enjoyed October's selection . . . <p> If you enjoyed <i>The Ungrateful Refugee: What Immigrants Never Tell You</i> by Dina Nayeri, then you might also like these titles about the refugee experience suggested by Nayeri:</p><p><i><b><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/sep/30/refugee-stories-books-exile-asylum-further-reading" target="_blank">Pride and Prejudice: The Best Books on the Refugee Experience</a></b></i> <span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">From a comedy about a childhood in wartime to a memoir smuggled from Manus Island on a phone, Dina Nayeri selects the best books about asylum. <i>The Guardian</i>, September 30, 2019, online edition. </span></span></p><p>And these books about migration suggested <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;">by </span><span itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;"><span itemprop="name">Julia Carrie Wong</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;">, </span><span itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;"><span itemprop="name">Viet Thanh Nguyen</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;">, Luis Alberto Urrea, Angie Cruz, </span><span itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;"><span itemprop="name">Mohsin Hamid</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;">, Matt de la Peña, </span><span itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;"><span itemprop="name">Dina Nayeri</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;"> and Aida Salazar:</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;"><i><b>'<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/feb/05/migration-book-recommendations-american-dirt" target="_blank">Love, Loss and Longing': The Best Books on Migration, Chosen by Writers</a> </b></i> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Amid the <i>American Dirt</i> controversy, we asked authors of our favorite books about migration for their recommendations. <i>The Guardian</i>, February 6, 2020, online edition.</span></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">A forum for extending conversations from the Nonfiction Book Discussion at Charleston County Public Library's Main Library. We welcome comments about the books we are reading, suggestions for further reading, and conversations about reading and writing.</div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13017435171133412317noreply@blogger.com0