STONES, BY KEVIN YOUNG – POEM BY POEM Hum I am learning how to sleep again, to love the descent, or is it, lying here,
El Deafo – Cece Bell’s superhero, airborne with a red cape and, do our eyes deceive us, wearing a hearing aid? This is a graphic
The Phantom Tollbooth – You are never too old to read and love Norton Juster’s 1961 novel marketed for children. How is it possible to
The Beekeeper of Aleppo gives voice to asylum seekers with compassion and complexity. People whose troubles we only thought we knew. Christy Lefteri’s novel The
Spy of the First Person – Novella? – Memoir? – Narrative prose poem? Sam Shepard’s last work seems to be all three. Maybe a review
Animal Bodies, On Death, Desire, and other Difficulties – a bravely written book for very brave readers. Animal Bodies, on Death, Desire, and Other Difficulties
The Last Train to London is a second look at Meg Waite Clayton’s novel, which proves the value of book recommendations from reviewers you trust.
The Light of Evening, A Brief Life of Jack Foley – to be read nonstop, to cheat evening of its sleep, to learn the breadth
Diane Chamberlain’s latest mystery, The Last House on The Street, is a provocative title for a provocative mystery that takes forty-five years to solve. The
Circle Way, A Daughter’s Memoir, A Writer’s Journey Home, a writer’s memoir of her relationship with her writer father and her search for answers to
The Last Kind Words Saloon; Larry McMurtry; Monday, January 10, 2022; 7:00 pm on Zoom and at 2:00 pm at Lydia Park, Clayton, weather permitting. Please
Unsheltered; Barbara Kingsolver; Monday, March 14, 2022; at 7:00 pm on Zoom and at 2:00 pm at Lydia Park, Clayton, weather permitting. Please contact us for
The Story of Arthur Truluv – by Elizabeth Berg: Monday, February 14, 2022: 7:00 pm on Zoom and at 2:00 pm at Lydia Park, Clayton,
The Girl Who Drank The Moon; Monday, May 9, 2022; at 7:00 pm on Zoom and at 2:00 pm at Lydia Park, Clayton, weather permitting. Please
Bad Indians, A Tribal Memoir; Deborah A. Miranda; Tuesday, June 28, 2022; at 6:00 pm at Clayton Community Library and 2:00 pm at Lydia Park,
The House in the Cerulean Sea; T. J. Klune; Tuesday, July 26, 2022; at 7:00 pm on Zoom, and at 2:00 pm at Lydia Park, Clayton,
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