This month we will be reading

Between the World and Me
 by Ta-Nehisi Coates

“Between the World and Me is Ta-Nehisi Coates’s attempt to answer the biggest questions about American history and ideals in a letter to his adolescent son. Coates shares with his son—and readers—the story of his awakening to the truth about his place in the world through a series of revelatory experiences, from Howard University to Civil War battlefields, from the South Side of Chicago to Paris, from his childhood home to the living rooms of mothers whose children’s lives were taken as American plunder. Beautifully woven from personal narrative, reimagined history, and fresh, emotionally charged reportage, Between the World and Me clearly illuminates the past, bracingly confronts our present, and offers a transcendent vision for a way forward." (Good Reads)

Spiegel and Grau, 152 pp, first published 2015

This book is one of two that we will be reading in celebration of Black History Month!

We hope you can join us to discuss this highly acclaimed book, which won the National Book Award for nonfiction in 2015.