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Alumni Book Club: Go Tell It on a Mountain

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Alumni Book Club: Go Tell It on a Mountain

Center for Literary and Comparative Studies | English Monday, February 10, 2025 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Virtual

The February Alumni Book Club session will discuss James Baldwin's Go Tell It on a Mountain on Zoom at 6:30 p.m.

Description:

To celebrate the centennial of Baldwin's birth (2 August 1924). From Wikipedia: Semi-autobiographical, Baldwin's first novel "tells the story ofa John Grimes, an intelligent teenager in 1930s Harlem, and his relationship with his family and his church. . . . The novel focuses on the role of the Pentecostal Church in the lives of African Americans, both as a negative source of repression and moral hypocrisy and a positive source of inspiration and community." Included in many lists of the "top 100" English-language novels.

To be added to the listserv list for monthly meeting reminders, contact Karen Nelson.

Add to Calendar 02/10/25 18:30:00 02/10/25 19:30:00 America/New_York Alumni Book Club: Go Tell It on a Mountain

The February Alumni Book Club session will discuss James Baldwin's Go Tell It on a Mountain on Zoom at 6:30 p.m.

Description:

To celebrate the centennial of Baldwin's birth (2 August 1924). From Wikipedia: Semi-autobiographical, Baldwin's first novel "tells the story ofa John Grimes, an intelligent teenager in 1930s Harlem, and his relationship with his family and his church. . . . The novel focuses on the role of the Pentecostal Church in the lives of African Americans, both as a negative source of repression and moral hypocrisy and a positive source of inspiration and community." Included in many lists of the "top 100" English-language novels.

To be added to the listserv list for monthly meeting reminders, contact Karen Nelson.

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