Book Club
About 'The Latinist'
Introductory information on the June 2024 Folger Book Club selection, Mark Prins’s The Latinist.
Collection Connections: 'The East Indian' by Brinda Charry
Su Fang Ng revisits her May 2024 presentation on Brinda Charry’s The East Indian.
'The East Indian' Resource Guide
To prepare for our May 2 virtual book club discussion, explore resources related to A Midsummer Night’s Dream and America’s early colonization.
About 'The East Indian'
Introductory information on the May 2024 Folger Book Club selection, Brinda Charry’s The East Indian.
'Immortal Longings' Resource Guide
Resources related to Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong.
About 'Immortal Longings'
Introductory information on the April 2024 Folger Book Club selection, bestselling YA author Chloe Gong’s adult epic fantasy debut, inspired by Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra.
'Daughters of the Deer' Resource Guide
Resources related to Daughters of the Deer by Danielle Daniel.
About 'Daughters of the Deer'
Introductory information on the March 2024 Folger Book Club selection, which imagines the author’s ancestors in the Algonquin territories of the 1600s.
Collection Connections: 'Homegoing' by Yaa Gyasi, Pt. 2
Ivie Orobaton revisits her February 2024 presentation on Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing, the second of a two-part series.
Collection Connections: 'Homegoing' by Yaa Gyasi
Ivie Orobaton revisits her February 2024 presentation on Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing, the first of a two-part series.
'Homegoing' Resource Guide
Resources related to Shakespeare and Black history in preparation for our February book club discussion of Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi.
About 'Homegoing'
Introductory information on the February 2024 Folger Book Club selection, a generational story spanning centuries.