Now Reading in Albuquerque

Participants at the South Broadway Library will be discussing Beloved by Toni Morrison, on Saturday, December 17, from 2-3:30 pm.     

Reading Now In Las Vegas!

Las Vegas readers will be discussing Joyce Carol Oates' Lovely, Dark Deep November 10 at 6:00 pm at the Thomas Donnelly Public Library.

Las Cruces Readers Meet the Pulitzer Challenge!

Congratulations to all the Las Cruces readers who participated in our Pulitzer Challenge and many thanks to the amazing librarians at the Thomas Branigan Public Library for hosting the dialogues!

Now Reading in Gallup

Discussion of Junot Diaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao will be held on Thursday evening, September 22, at the Octavia Fellin Public Library.

Columbus Readers Met the Pulitzer Challenge!

Congratulations to all the Columbus readers who participated in our Pulitzer Challenge and many thanks to the amazing librarians at the Columbus Village Library for hosting the dialogues!

Clovis Readers Met the Pulitzer Challenge!

Congratulations to all the Clovis readers who participated in our Pulitzer Challenge and many thanks to the amazing librarians at the Clovis-Carver Public Library for hosting the dialogues!

Hello everyone!  I am about halfway through the book and I'm sure all of your have noticed that there are many references throughout the book to mythical creatures, historical persons, and mucho mas Spanglish and Spanish phrases and idioms.  There is a wonderful website that will help decipher much of it.  It is especially wonderful because it is grouped by chapter and each entry is listed in the order in which it appears in the book.  Of course it is too long to print out but it is a handy reference if you want to cross reference as you read.  The website is called The Annotated Oscar Wao and the URL is http://www.annotated-oscar-wao.com/index.html . 

Please check it out and have a great day.  I can't wait to see you all next Saturday.

Malcolm

Questions for Donnelly Library's Discussion of Beloved

Donnelly Library’s Pulitzer Prize Challenge reading group has its first meeting in a little under two weeks on Thursday, September 1. Below are a few questions to think about for the upcoming discussion.

Take a look at the questions and post your own questions or discussion points for this novel in the comments below.

Questions

1. How does Toni Morrison connect the idea of slavery and the idea of haunting? Is America haunted?
2. The novel is a narrative about trauma and recovery. What does it mean to recover from trauma? How does Sethe recover?
3. This novel is about the relationships between mothers and daughters. What kinds of relationships do the characters have? How do they change over the course of the novel?
4. Is the ghost real?