The Sheltering Sky is now ready for pick up

Our next book The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles is now ready for pick up at the Main Library return desk.

Bowles' existential masterpiece follows 3 westerners into the Sahara desert as slowly the isolation and desolation of the landscape alters their concept of reality.

We'll be meeting to discuss this book on September 10th at the Main Library in Conference Rm 3 at noon. Feel free to bring a lunch.

Some thoughts about The Human Stain...

- I love the title of this book. What do you think it means?

- Is the relationship between Coleman and Faunia immoral or somehow exploitative?

- Should Coleman have apologized for using the word "spooks"? What do you think of his decision to resign?

- Was Coleman's decision to lie about his race justifiable? Was it necessary for him to disown his family?

- Is Les Farley accountable for his actions?

- How, if at all, is this book about Bill Clinton?

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Philip Roth is one our nation's most critically acclaimed novelists. Here's an interview with him:



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The character of Coleman Silk is thought to be based on real life literary critic Anatole Broyard. Broyard's daughter Bliss wrote a memoir, One Drop: My Father's Hidden Life -- A Story of Race and Family Secrets, about her father and learning learn of his racial identity two months before his death. Here's a short feature about her book:



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We'll be meeting to discuss Philip Roth's The Human Stain on August 13th at the Main Library in Conference Rm 3 at noon. Feel free to bring a lunch.