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Not Another Book Group @ Main a book group that's a little bit different |
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Facilitated by RPL librarians, the book group meets at Urban Hang Suite (304 E. Broad St. RVA 23129), the last Monday of every month from 7:00-9:00. Registration strongly suggested. Sign up here Check out a copy from the library or pick one up at Urban Hang Suite. |
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FEBRUARY 2019 SELECTION meeting: February 29th by Robin J DiAngelo
Groundbreaking book exploring the counterproductive reactions white people have when discussing racism that serve to protect their positions and maintain racial inequality. Original. |
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MARCH 2019 SELECTION meeting: March 25th
by Elizabeth Catte
An insider's perspective on Appalachia, and a frank, ferocious assessment of America's recent fascination with the people and the problems of the region
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APRIL 2019 SELECTION meeting: April 29th
by Monica Hesse
A man was charged with dozens of counts of arson in rural Virginia county. Shares insight into the perpetrator's struggles with addiction, his relationship with his accomplice girlfriend and the impact of the fires on their community.
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MAY 2019 SELECTION meeting: May 20th - library closed May 27th for Memorial Day holiday
by Tressie McMillan Cottom
A collection of essays shedding light on the trait of being "thick," both in form and in substance, while dissecting society and culture from beauty to Obama to pumpkin-spice lattes.
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JUNE 2019 SELECTION meeting: June 24th
by Kiese Laymon
An essayist and novelist explores what the weight of a lifetime of secrets, lies and deception does to a black body, a black family and a nation teetering on the brink of moral collapse.
also available in Large Print, and as an audio CD |
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JULY 2019 SELECTION meeting: July 29th by Danez Smith
A collection of works that opens with a heartrending sequence that imagines an afterlife for black men shot by police — a place where suspicion, violence and grief are forgotten and replaced with the safety, love and longevity they deserved here on earth. |
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AUGUST 2019 SELECTION meeting August 26th
by Alex Kotlowitz
Examines the humanity and brutality of Chicago's most turbulent neighborhoods through a series of deeply intimate profiles that illuminate the firsthand realities of gun violence in today's America.
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SEPTEMBER 2019 SELECTION meeting September 30th
by Beth Macy
In a book that includes deeply human and unforgettable portraits of the families and first responders affected, the author takes readers into the epicenter of its America's more than 20-year struggle with opioid addiction.
also available as an audio CD |
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OCTOBER 2019 SELECTION meeting: October 28th by Jesmyn Ward
The author recounts the loss of five young men in her life to drugs, accidents, suicide and the bad luck that can follow people who live in poverty, particularly black men, sharing her experiences of living through the dying as she searches through answers in her community. |
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NOVEMBER 2019 SELECTION meeting: November 25th
by Matthew Desmond
A Harvard sociologist examines the challenge of eviction as a cause of poverty in America, revealing how people are forced from their homes and reduced to cycles of extreme disadvantage that are reinforced by legal systems.
also available as an eBook. |
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DECEMBER 2019 SELECTION meeting: December 30th
by James Hannaham
A young widow with an addiction is lured away to a remote farm by a shady company called Delicious Foods, where she is held captive and forced into hard labor while she struggles to become reunited with her young son.
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JANUARY 2020 SELECTION meeting: January 27th by Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib
A collection of literary essays using music and culture as a gauge for better understanding the world, the self and the challenges of today. |
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