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May 20, 2025 - 7:00 pm
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May 20, 2025 - 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 2025:
Jan. 21: Antarctic Pioneer: The Trailblazing Life of Jackie Ronne, by Joanna Kafarowski.
Feb. 18: Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity, by Michele Norris.
Mar. 18: In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial, by Mona Chollet, translated by Sophie R. Lewis.
April 15: Hitler’s Last Hostages: Looted Art and the Soul of the Third Reich by Mary Lane.
May 20:. Fashionopolis, by Dana Thomas.
June 17: The Orphans of Davenport: Eugenics, the Great Depression, and the War over Children’s Intelligence, by Marilyn Brookwood.
July 15: Bag man: the wild crimes, audacious cover-up & spectacular downfall of a brazen crook in the White House, by Rachel Maddow and Michael Yarvitz.
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.
May 21: Untold Power: The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson, by Rebecca Boggs Roberts. 320 pages
June 18: Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, by Kate Beaton. Illustrated memoir by Canadian cartoonist. 436 pages.
July 16: Damnation Island: Poor, Sick, Mad, and Criminal in 19th-Century New York, by Stacy Horn. 320 pages
Sept 17: How to Say Babylon: A Memoir, by Safiya Sinclair. Rastafarian. 349 pages.
Oct 15: The rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks by Jeanne Theoharis. 336 pages.
Nov 19: The Great Stewardess Rebellion: How Women Launched a Workplace Revolution at 30,000 Feet, by Nell McShane Wulfhart. 320 pages.
Dec. 17: A Chance to Harmonize: How FDR’s Hidden Music Unit Sought to Save America from the Great Depression―One Song at a Time, by Sheryl Kaskowitz.
