A Year of Connecting Through Fiction: Five Compelling Books by African American Authors

Name: A Year of Connecting Through Fiction: Five Compelling Books by African American Authors
Start: 2021-03-17T12:00:00-05:00
End: 2021-03-17T13:00:00-05:00
Location: Webconference

March 17, 2021, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

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The covers of five books are pictured. They are Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison, Quicksand by Nella Larsen, The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead, Kindred by Octavia Butler and The Color Purple by Alice Walker.

The Department of Humanities at Penn State College of Medicine is holding an every-other-month book club to discuss a curated list of fiction that captures the experiences of African Americans and Black authors.

All Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State Health faculty, staff, students and trainees are welcome to participate, whether or not they have read the books.

To receive the Zoom link for each session, register by emailing Lori Ricard at lricard@pennstatehealth.psu.edu.

Books to be discussed

Sept. 16, 2020: Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
Nov. 18, 2020: Quicksand by Nella Larsen
Jan. 20, 2021: The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
March 17, 2021: Kindred by Octavia Butler
May 19, 2021: The Color Purple by Alice Walker

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Details

Date:: March 17, 2021
Time:: 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Event Category:: Other
Website:: https://med.psu.edu/humanities

Venue

Webconference

Organizers

: Lori Ricard
: Deb Tomazin

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