Alworth Institute Reading Group

This book group will meet three to four times during an academic year (September - May). New members are welcome at any time.  For more information, call (218) 726-7493 or send an e-mail to alworth1@d.umn.edu. Books purchased at UMD Stores will receive a 20% discount.

2011-2012 Selections

Date	Selected Readings	Author	Location	Time
Thursday, November 3, 2011	Istanbul: Memories and the City	Orhan Pamuk (Knopf 2005)	Kirby Student Center 311	7:00PM
Tuesday, March 20, 2012	Mighty Be Our Powers	Leymah Gbowee (Beast Books 2011)	Kirby Student Center 355-57	7:00PM
Tuesday, May 1, 2012	1) The Wall Jumper 2) After the Wall	1) Peter Schnieder (Univeristy of Chicago Press 1983) 2) Jana Hensel ( Public Affairs 2004)	Kirby Student Center 355-57	7:00PM

 

 Past Reading Group Selections

2010-2011

Pearl of China, by Anchee Min (Bloomsbury 2010)
Happy Families, by Carlos Fuentes (Random House 2009)
Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay (St. Martn's Griffin 2008)

2009-2010

The Geography of Bliss, by Erick Weiner (Grand Central Publishing 2008)
Winter in Madrid, by C.J. Sansom (Penguin 2009)
My Hope for Peace by Jehan Sadat (Simon & Schuster 2009)

2008-2009

Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight (Random House 2003) and Scribbling the Cat (Penguin 2004) by Alexandra Fuller
The Wormdigger's Daughter by John Farrell (Mercier Press 2008)
Iran Awakening by Shirin Ebadi (Random House 2007)

 

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