All are welcome for any discussion and books are available to borrow through the Psychology Main Office or ebooks through the Clark Library.
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Semester Schedule (2023 – 2024)
Wednesday, November 15, 5 – 6 p.m. in Fireside Lounge
The Sum of Us: What racism costs everyone and how we can prosper together by Heather McGhee
Major Theme: Racism in the US
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD One of today’s most insightful and influential thinkers offers a powerful exploration of inequality and the lesson that generations of Americans have failed to learn: Racism has a cost for everyone—not just for people of color.
WINNER OF THE PORCHLIGHT BUSINESS BOOK AWARD ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time, The Washington Post, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Ms. magazine, BookRiot, Library Journal
“This is the book I’ve been waiting for.”—Ibram X. Kendi, #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist
Wednesday, February 28, 5 – 6 p.m. in Fireside Lounge
Rainbow Rainbow by Lydia Conklin
Major Theme: LGBTQ+ and Gender Identity
A fearless collection of stories that celebrate the humor, darkness, and depth of emotion of the queer and trans experience that’s not typically represented: liminal or uncertain identities, queer conception, and queer joy.
In this exuberant, prize-winning collection, queer, trans, and gender-nonconforming characters seek love and connection in hilarious and heartrending stories that reflect the complexity of our current moment.
Longlisted for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection
A NPR Best Book of the Year
A Debutiful Best Book of the Year
A Publishers Weekly Best Summer Read
Wednesday, March 27, 5 – 6 p.m. in fireside lounge
No Visible Bruise: What we don’t know about domestic violence can kill us by Rachel Louise Snyder
Major Theme: DV, including how it impacts people of color and other minoritized groups
An award-winning journalist’s intimate investigation of the true scope of domestic violence, revealing how the roots of America’s most pressing social crises are buried in abuse that happens behind closed doors.
We call it domestic violence. We call it private violence. Sometimes we call it intimate terrorism. But whatever we call it, we generally do not believe it has anything at all to do with us, despite the World Health Organization deeming it a ‘global epidemic’. In America, domestic violence accounts for 15 percent of all violent crime, and yet it remains locked in silence, even as its tendrils reach unseen into so many of our most pressing national issues, from our economy to our education system, from mass shootings to mass incarceration to #MeToo. We still have not taken the true measure of this problem.
Wednesday, April 17, 5 – 6 p.m. in fireside lounge
TBD
Major Theme: TBD
We will be voting on the book for this meeting.