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Elise
Mar 16, 20214 min read
Book Club Discussion Questions: Stealing Fire by Steven Kotler
For those of you that haven't or couldn't attend book club lately, we'll be publishing the previous months' discussion questions here. I...
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Elise
Mar 9, 20214 min read
Book Club Discussion Questions: Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
For those of you that haven't or couldn't attend book club lately, we'll be publishing the previous months' discussion questions here. I...
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Elise
Mar 9, 20214 min read
Book Club Discussion Questions: Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance
For those of you that haven't or couldn't attend book club lately, we'll be publishing the previous months' discussion questions here. I...
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Elise
Feb 23, 20214 min read
Book Club Discussion Questions: The Monk of Mokha by Dave Eggers
For those of you that haven't or couldn't attend book club lately, we'll be publishing the previous months' discussion questions here. I...
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Elise
Feb 23, 20213 min read
Book Club Discussion Questions: Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
For those of you that haven't or couldn't attend book club lately, we'll be publishing the previous months' discussion questions here. I...
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Elise
Feb 16, 20213 min read
Book Club Discussion Questions: The Good Neighbor by Maxwell King
For those of you that haven't or couldn't attend book club lately, we'll be publishing the previous months' discussion questions here. I...
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Andy Kristensen
Feb 5, 20217 min read
Essay Collection Review: 'The Inner Coast' by Donovan Hohn
Title: The Inner Coast Author: Donovan Hohn Themes/Subjects: Hoarding, Family Trauma, Family Relations, Teamwork, Ice Canoeing, Climate...
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Elise
Feb 2, 20213 min read
Book Club Discussion Questions: Sharp by Michelle Dean
For those of you that haven't or couldn't attend book club lately, we'll be publishing the previous months' discussion questions here. I...
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Andy Kristensen
Jan 29, 20216 min read
Poetry Collection Review: How to Fly (In Ten Thousand Easy Lessons' by Barbara Kingsolver
Title: How to Fly (In Ten Thousand Easy Lessons) Author: Barbara Kingsolver Themes/Subjects: Self-Help, Travel, Inwardness, Loneliness,...
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Andy Kristensen
Jan 25, 20215 min read
'Forgotten' Book Club Discussion Questions: Make It Scream, Make It Burn by Leslie Jamison
Welcome to the first book for our new adult book club, called the Forgotten Book Club! In this book club, we will be taking a look at...
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Andy Kristensen
Jan 20, 20217 min read
Poem of the Week - January 20th, 2021 - 'Variation on a Theme by Elizabeth Bishop' by John Murillo
This week’s ‘Poem of the Week’ comes courtesy of one of my new favorite poets, John Murillo. Murillo’s work, similar to many other poets...
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Elise
Jan 19, 20215 min read
Book Club Discussion Questions: Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover
For those of you that haven't or couldn't attend book club lately, we'll be publishing the previous months' discussion questions here. I...
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Andy Kristensen
Jan 15, 20213 min read
Poetry Collection Review: Un-American By Hafizah Geter
Title: Un-American Author: Hafizah Geter Themes: Self-Identity, Faith, Racism, Cultural Identity, Trauma, Family, Immigration, Queerness,...
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Elise
Jan 12, 20213 min read
Book Club Discussion Questions: The Library Book by Susan Orlean
For those of you that haven't or couldn't attend book club lately, we'll be publishing the previous months' discussion questions here. I...
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Elise
Jan 5, 20214 min read
Book Club Discussion Questions: Grandma Gatewood's Walk by Ben Montgomery
For those of you that haven't or couldn't attend book club lately, we'll be publishing the previous months' discussion questions here. I...
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Andy Kristensen
Dec 29, 20203 min read
Poetry Collection Review: Ballistics by Billy Collins
Title: Ballistics Author: Billy Collins Themes: Love, Death, Solitude, Youth, Aging, Sense of Place Three Words to Describe the Poems:...
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Andy Kristensen
Dec 22, 20202 min read
Poetry Collection Review: Guillotine by Eduardo C. Corral
Title: Guillotine Author: Eduardo C. Corral Themes: Immigration, Self-Identity, Violence, Queerness, Love, Nationalism, Racism Three...
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Andy Kristensen
Dec 11, 20206 min read
Book Review: What Were We Thinking: A Brief Intellectual History of the Trump Era - Carlos Lozada
Short review: In What Were We Thinking: A Brief Intellectual History of the Trump Era, Carlos Lozada, the nonfiction book critic for the...
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Andy Kristensen
Dec 8, 20207 min read
Book Review: How To Make A Slave and Other Essays - Jerald Walker
Short Review: How To Make a Slave and Other Essays, a 2020 National Book Award Finalist and the first essay collection by writer Jerald...
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Elise
Dec 1, 20204 min read
Book Club Discussion Questions: Dead Wake by Erik Larson
For those of you that haven't or couldn't attend book club lately, we'll be publishing the previous months' discussion questions here. I...
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