Notes & links: 'Where I Was From' by Joan Didion
The culmination of our summer reading about California history.
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Jul 282 min read
Notes & links: 'Palo Alto'
Our June and July 2024 book was Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World by Malcolm Harris. Thank you to everyone...
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May 312 min read
Notes & links: 'Trespasses'
Thank you to everyone who joined this month's conversation about Trespasses by Louise Kennedy. This novel, set in Belfast in 1975,...
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May 62 min read
Notes & links: 'Empress of the Nile'
Photo thanks to AXP Photography. Thank you to everyone who attended our April discussion about Lynne Olson's book Empress of the Nile:...
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Mar 302 min read
Notes & links: 'The Indelible City'
Notes on Louisa Lim's book 'Indelible City: Dispossess and Defiance in Hong Kong.'
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Feb 42 min read
Notes & links: 'The Other Name: Septology I-II'
Hello, Readers. Thank you to everyone who brought their observations of and insights into Jon Fosse’s novel The Other Name: Septology...
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Dec 31, 20231 min read
Notes & links: The Hour of the Star'
There was so much to unpack and explore in this 1977 novella!
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Nov 30, 20231 min read
Notes & links: 'The Vanquished'
Notes on 'The Vanquished' by Robert Gerwarth
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Oct 31, 20231 min read
Notes & links: 'Beloved' by Toni Morrison
Thank you to everyone who joined this month's conversation about Toni Morrison's acclaimed (and frequently banned) book Beloved.
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Oct 5, 20232 min read
Notes & links: 'How the Word Is Passed'
Follow-up from our conversation about 'How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America' by Clint Smith
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Aug 31, 20232 min read
Notes & links: 'The Murders that Made Us'
Notes on 'The Murders that Made Us' by Bob Calhoun, discussed in August 2023.
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Jun 28, 20232 min read
Links & notes: 'The Sorrows of Young Werther'
More to explore about 'The Sorrows of Young Werther.'
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May 31, 20232 min read
Links & notes: 'Weapons of Math Destruction'
Links to explore the themes of 'Weapons of Math Destruction.'
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Apr 29, 20232 min read
Links & notes: 'Money' by Jacob Goldstein
Notes on 'Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing' by Jacob Goldstein.
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Mar 31, 20232 min read
Links & notes: 'The Noise of Time'
Links for exploration from our discussion of Julian Barnes' novel 'The Noise of Time,' about composer Dmitri Shostakovich.
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Mar 7, 20231 min read
Links & notes: 'China's Gilded Age' by Yuen Yuen Ang
Follow up to our discussion of 'China's Gilded Age' by Yuen Yuen Ang.
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Jan 30, 20232 min read
Links & notes: 'We Are Bellingcat'
Links to explore from 'We Are Bellingcat: The Online Sleuths Solving Global Crimes'
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Jan 6, 20232 min read
Links & notes: 'Human Voices' by Penelope Fitzgerald
Notes on 'Human Voices' by Penelope Fitzgerald.
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Dec 11, 20221 min read
Links & notes: 'Why Liberalism Failed'
Links for exploration from our discussion of 'Why Liberalism Failed' by Patrick Deneen.
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Oct 30, 20221 min read
Links & notes: 'Stoner'
Notes from our discussion of 'Stoner' by John Williams.
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