Thursdays at 10 - Book Club

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UHeights is hosting a Zoom meeting in order to continue our Thursdays at 10 meetings via video chat! 

Book Club will be meeting as always, on the first Thursday of the month. Join us!

In honor of Black History Month, we will be talking about books written by African American authors. Here is a list of books that our group members have found powerful and moving:

Adult Books:

Americanah and Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born in Nigeria)

Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America by Eddie Glaude Jr

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

Caste by Isabel Wilkerson

Easy Rawlins Mysteries, a series by Walter Mosely

Great Speeches by Frederick Douglass

Just Mercy by Bryan Stephenson

Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward

Native Son by Richard Wright

Nickel Boys and The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

Plays by August Wilson and Lorraine Lansberry

Sing Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

Swing Time by Zadie Smith (Born in England)

The Black Woman: An Anthology, edited by Toni Cade

The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson

Their Eyes Were Watching God  by Zora Neale Hurston

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo

Children’s and Young Adult Books:

Out of Wonder by Kwame Alexander

The Great Migration: An American Story, by Jacob Lawrence and Walter Dean Myers

This is Your Time by Ruby Bridges

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

More about Thursdays at 10:

First Thursday

BOOK GROUP

With more folks coming every week, bring whatever you're reading, want to read, have read, and get inspired.

Second Thursday

DISCUSSION GROUP

Rotating topics every month and lively discussions on matters great and small.

Third Thursday

STORIES OF OUR LIVES: MEMOIR WRITING

With new prompts and tips each month, come unleash your creative side and tell stories of your life. 

Fourth Thursday

STITCH TOGETHER

Join knitters, crocheting, and stitching artisans for crafts and conversation.

Ticketing: Our Pay-What-You-Can model allows our events to be accessible to the entire community! We have no suggested amount, we simply ask you to pay what you can.