Tuesday, December 8, 2020

January Not Fiction Book Discussion

 

We begin our conversations for 2021 with the winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction, The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America by Greg Grandin, 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.

We hope you will join the discussion:

When? Tuesday, January 5, at 6:30 p.m.

Where? We will meet virtually on Zoom. Here is a link to register for the January meeting:

Hi there, 


You are invited to a Zoom meeting. 

When: Jan 5, 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.

Not Fiction Book Discussion Titles for 2021

 "[S]imple awareness is the seed of responsibility." --Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy

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. 

We hope you will join the discussions:

When? We will meet the first Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m.

Where? 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: 

Hi there, 

 

You are invited to a Zoom meeting. 

When: Jan 5, 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.


Wednesday, December 2, 2020

Readalikes: If you enjoyed December's selection . . .

 If you enjoyed The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir by Samantha Power, then you might also like these books suggested by our discussion group members:

  • Madame Secretary: A Memoir by Madeleine Albright
  • Pelosi by Molly Ball
  • Sisters in Law: How Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World by Linda Hirshman
  • My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinem