join us in reading and discussing Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler. book club is free and open to all. inquiries welcome. here is a short, illuminating piece by octavia butler, “a few rules for predicting the future.” and listen to Octavia talk about her speech at the 2001 UN Racism Conference on NPR.
Month: May 2020
supplemental reading for the shala book club: on immunity / may 2020
This Saturday we’ll meet live and online via Zoom to discuss On Immunity by Eula Biss, a succinct nonfiction exploration of issues related to health, illness, medicine, care of the self, and care for one another. If you’d like to join, please sign up in advance on MindBody! These gatherings are free and open to all.
Here is some supplemental reading that may inform our conversation.
“Get Ready for a Vaccine Information War” — The New York Times
“The Coronation” — Charles Eisenstein
A short piece by Eula Biss in the New York Review of Books “Pandemic Journal”
Please reach out with any questions! Hope to see you “there.”