We have decided to read Cheryl Strayed’s book for November. Wild: from lost to found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed. November 2nd, 2012 in the Gleeson Library at noon in room 209. Request from Link+ or get at SFPL. …Four years after her mother’s death, with nothing more to lose, Strayed made … Continue reading USF Book Club November and December Selections
The USF Book Club will be discussing Just Kids by Patti Smith on Friday, October 5th at the Gleeson Library. Join us in room 209 from 12-1 pm. Request via Link+ or from SFPL. “Just Kids” begins as a love story and ends as an elegy. It serves as a salute to New York City … Continue reading USF Book Club October
The next two books being discussed by the USF Book Club are: The Cat’s Table by Michael Ondaatje. Thursday, August 9th, 2012 in the Gleeson Library at noon in room 209. Request from Link+ or get to at SFPL. In the early 1950s, an eleven-year-old boy in Colombo boards a ship bound for England. At … Continue reading USF Book Club August & September Selections
The USF Book Club will meet to discuss the following two books in the upcoming months: An Object of Beauty by Steve Martin. Friday, June 8, 2012. Room 209 of Gleeson Library, 12 noon – 1 pm. Request this one through Link+ or get it at SFPL. Lacey Yeager appears on New York’s art scene … Continue reading USF Book Club: June & July Selections
UPDATE, 8/16/2010: It seems like the weather tomorrow may not be very pleasant, so we’ll meet indoors, not in the community garden. See you in the seminar room of Gleeson Library, #209. ———————————————————————- Hello! At Book Club we decided to expand our horizons with a poetry selection for August. I suggested a book I read … Continue reading USF Book Club: Breakfast with Thom Gunn
Greetings! The next book club selection is Love Life by Ray Kluun, translated from the Dutch by Shaun Whiteside. We will meet on Wednesday, December 16, 2009 from 12 noon – 1 pm in Kalmanovitz Hall, Room 265. Bring your lunch and tell your friends — the book club is open to the whole USF … Continue reading USF Book Club: Love Life by Ray Kluun
In conjunction with USF’s Summer Reading Program, the book club will discuss Jane Goodall’s Harvest for Hope on Tuesday September 15, 2009 from 12 – 1 pm in the Community Garden. The Community Garden is located on the side of Lone Mountain, next to the School of Education parking lot. How do I get a … Continue reading USF Book Club: Harvest for Hope
The USF Book Club is reading the San Francisco Public Library 2009 One City One Book pick, Alive in Necropolis by Doug Dorst. Continue reading USF Book Club: Alive in Necropolis – updated
Since the book club is venturing into the world of graphic novels this month*, we decided to highlight some the library has acquired in the last couple of years. The last time we featured our graphic novel collection, the exhibit resulted in positive attention and suggestions that were used to guide our collection development. So, … Continue reading Get More Graphic: Recent Graphic Novel Acquisitions
The USF Book Club will meet to discuss American Born Chinese on July 14, 2009. Continue reading USF Book Club: American Born Chinese