January Saturday Book Group discussing Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Springfield Library will host the Saturday Book Group will meet to discuss Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates, winner of the 2015 National Book Award for nonfiction.
 
“We have received many requests for additional book discussion groups at Springfield Public Library. I am very excited that we continue to increase the number and the variety of free events for adults in our community. The Library’s mission is to be a community hub for lifelong learning and our new Saturday Book Group will make discussing literature more accessible to adults who are not available during weekday morning hours,” said Thea Hart, adult services librarian at Springfield Public Library.
Acclaimed author Ta-Nehisi Coates, whose work confronts many of the most challenging aspects of race in modern America, will be the 2017 Ruhl Lecturer at the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication. The Ruhl Lecture will be open to the community and takes place on the UO campus on February 3.

Additionally, Between the World and Me is the 2016-17 UO Common Reading book selection, which means that incoming UO freshmen are reading and discussing the book over the course of the school year. Coates’ lecture, titled “A Deeper Black: Race in America,” will tackle the systemic racism and racist policies that have been inseparable from the growth of the nation.

The book discussion group is facilitated by Springfield Public Library with support from the Springfield Library Foundation. The discussion group is for adults and will be held in the Sprngfield Library Conference Room.

The Saturday Book Group will continue at 1 p.m., Saturday, March 18, 2017 with a discussion of the NEA Big Read book, The Maltese Falcon by Dashiel Hammett. Community events are planned in conjunction with the NEA Big Read of The Maltese Falcon, including presentations, theater performances, Radio Redux, movie nights, and more.