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December 21, 2021 - 7:00 pm
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December 21, 2021 - 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 2021:
Jan 19 : The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey, by Candice Millard.
Feb 16: The Yellow House, A Memoir, by Sarah M. Broom.
Mar 16: The Other Madisons: the lost history of a president’s Black family, by Bettye Kearse (2020) 272 pp
April 20: Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, by Isabel Wilkerson. 496 pp
May 18: The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine, by Janice P. Nimura 331 pp.
June 15: Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art, by Rebecca Wragg Sykes. 400 pages
July 20: In the Country of Women; A Memoir, by Susan Straight. 384 pp
Aug 17: Zora Neale Hurston: Folklore, Memoirs, & Other Writings. 1001 pages
Sept 21: You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism, by Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar.
Oct 19: What the Eyes Don’t See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City, by Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha. Maryland First Year Book 2021.
Nov 16: The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations, by Toni Morrison.
Dec 21: Old In Art School: A Memoir of Starting Over, by Nell Irvin Painter.
