UA Press Book Club: Dogs, drama and dark disquisitional humor

October 19, 2020

University Relations

Collage of three book covers: Disgraced, Count Luna, and The Companion Species ManifestoThe UA Press Book Club meets via Zoom every Tuesday at 7 p.m.

Please join our long-running and innovative reading club for our current selections:

Tuesday, Oct. 20

Disgraced: A Play, by Ayad Akhtar: Scenes 2 and 3 (pp. 23-76)

Count Luna, by Alexander Lernet-Holenia: Chapter 5-9 (pp. 46-86)

The Companion Species Manifesto, by Donna Haraway: “Evolution Stories” through “The Game Story" (pp. 26-60)

Tuesday, Oct. 27

Disgraced: A Play, by Ayad Akhtar: Scene 4 and Interview (pp. 77-96)

Count Luna by Alexander Lernet-Holenia: Ch 10-12 (pp. 87-122)

The Companion Species Manifesto, by Donna Haraway: “Breed Stories” through “A Category of One’s Own” (pp. 61-98)

Tuesday, Nov. 3 (Election Day!):

A special Zoom performance by the UA Press Book Club Read-y Players of the full play Disgraced, by Ayad Akhtar

You can join the UA Press Book Club Slack space here. Questions and concerns should be directed to Nate Bauer at nbauer3@alaska.edu. Thanks for reading!