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March 19, 2024 - 7:00 pm
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March 19, 2024 - 8:30 pm
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Zoom! View mapOur theme is literary non-fiction by women, though we have been known to read a novel or something by a man. Our meetings are informal and you are welcome even if you did not finish the book!
Some of our favorite books have included: Alex and Me, by Irene Pepperberg (a scientist writes about the amazing parrot she worked with for 28 years); Reading Lolita in Tehran, by Azar Nafisi (an Iranian professor of English Literature writes about her experience of the Revolution and her belief in the importance of English literature); Fun Home, by Alison Bechdel (an illustrated autobiography, comic book style); Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi (another “graphic novel” by another Iranian woman). We sometimes go on outings as well, including trips to see movies including “Julie and Julia” and “Hidden Figures.”
Email info@cpae.org to register for the link to join the Zoom workshop.
Books for 2024:
Jan 16: The Age of Dignity, Preparing for the Elder Boom in a Changing America, by Al-Jen Poo. Sociology.
Feb 20: Unfollow: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving the Westboro Baptist Church by Megan Phelps-Roper. Memoir, Religion.
Mar 19: We are not here to be bystanders: a memoir of love and resistance, by Linda Sarsour (2020). Memoir, Islam and Feminism.
Apr. 16: Root Shock: How Tearing Up City Neighborhoods Hurts America, and What We Can Do About It, by Mindy Fullilove.