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Great Books Book Discussion
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Fat by Raymond Carver and Famine by Xu Xi
7:30 pm Book Discussion Room, Second Floor, Main Library
The Great Book Discussions occur the second Wednesday of every month. Continuing in March with GLUTTONY, the group will discuss readings from The Seven Deadly Sins (Great Books Foundation). 7:30 pm Book Discussion Room, Second Floor, Main Library.
 

Brown Bag Book Group
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
11:30 am to 12:30 pm Dole Branch
On March 16 "Chicago - It's a Mystery to Me." Pack a lunch and join us as we discuss A Death in Pilsen by Robert Goldsborough and recommend other favorite Chicago authors.
 

Wednesday, March 17, 2010
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
1 pm Book Discussion Room, Second Floor, Main Library
An unforgettable collection of stories about American soldiers in Vietnam.

Copies of The Things They Carried will be available at the Main Library a month before the discussion.
 

Wednesday, March 17, 2010
The Odes of John Keats
7 pm Maze Branch
Join us for a discussion of "Ode to Psyche," "Ode to a Nightingale," Ode on a Grecian Urn," "To Autumn," "Ode to Melancholy," and "Ode on Indolence."  
 

Thursday, March 18, 2010
Still Alice by Lisa Genova
6:30 pm Dole Branch
The author narrates Alice's struggle with an earlier more progressive, degenerative disease for which there is no cure. Alice loses her profession, independence, clarity, and contact with the world with shocking rapidity.

Copies of Still Alice will be available at the Dole Branch a month before the discussion.
 

genre X Book Discussion
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan
8 pm Molly Malone's, 7652 Madison Street, Forest Park

genre X is a book discussion group for those in their twenties and thirties.
 

Great Books Book Discussion
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Not A Good Girl by Perri Klass and For The Relief of Unbearable Urges by Nathan Englander
7:30 pm Book Discussion Room, Second Floor, Main Library
The Great Book Discussions occur the second Wednesday of every month. Concluding in April with LUST, the group will discuss readings from The Seven Deadly Sins (Great Books Foundation). 7:30 pm Book Discussion Room, Second Floor, Main Library.
 

genre X Book Discussion
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano
8 pm Molly Malone's, 7652 Madison Street, Forest Park

genre X is a book discussion group for those in their twenties and thirties.
 

genre X Book Discussion
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Asterios Polyp by David Mazzucchelli
8 pm Molly Malone's, 7652 Madison Street, Forest Park

genre X is a book discussion group for those in their twenties and thirties.
 

genre X Book Discussion
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
8 pm Molly Malone's, 7652 Madison Street, Forest Park

genre X is a book discussion group for those in their twenties and thirties.
 

Discussions at the Main Library
Main Library Book Discussions are open to all who are committed to reading and talking about books.

Discussions at the Dole Branch Library
The Dole Branch Library occasionally hosts book discussions. Contact the Dole Branch Library at 708-386-9032 for information on upcoming dates and titles.

Discussions at the Maze Branch Library
The Maze Branch Library hosts monthly book discussions except in August. The discussions are open to anyone with a love of reading and a willingness to talk and listen. Discussions begin at a new time, 7 pm and end at 8:45 pm Light refreshments will be served.