Our next book, Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan is now ready for pick up at the Main Library return desk. Last I checked only a few copies were left so don't miss out.
Critically acclaimed food scholar Michael Pollan explores the origins and implications of the American diet in his award winning Omnivore's Dilemma. Competing media messages about fad diets, the benefits of organic food, and the economic realities at the supermarket are elucidated by Pollan's thoughtful prose and meticulous research. Omnivore's Dilemma was the 2007 winner of the James Beard Award (probably the world's most prestigious food writing award) and named one of the New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Books of the Year.
We'll be meeting to discuss this book July 9th, at the Main Library in Conference Room 3 at noon.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Some thoughts about Lakota Woman...
- The author is openly hostile to white society. Is this attitude justified?
- Along the same line of thought, the author is often bitter about perceived harassment by federal authorities. Didn't she take part in many actions that were brazenly seditious to the United States government? Was the government's response to these actions appropriate?
- Many events described by Mary Crow Dog defy, or at least test the limits, of Western science. How should we interpret these events?
- Lakota Woman is often used in classrooms as an example of feminist literature. How would white feminists interpret her decision to become Leonard Crow Dog's wife? Was the second half of the book about her life or her husband's life?
We'll be meeting to discuss Lakota Woman on June 11th at noon in Conference Room 3 of Main Library downtown.
- Along the same line of thought, the author is often bitter about perceived harassment by federal authorities. Didn't she take part in many actions that were brazenly seditious to the United States government? Was the government's response to these actions appropriate?
- Many events described by Mary Crow Dog defy, or at least test the limits, of Western science. How should we interpret these events?
- Lakota Woman is often used in classrooms as an example of feminist literature. How would white feminists interpret her decision to become Leonard Crow Dog's wife? Was the second half of the book about her life or her husband's life?
We'll be meeting to discuss Lakota Woman on June 11th at noon in Conference Room 3 of Main Library downtown.
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