UA Press Book Club: New selections for fall 2020
October 8, 2020
The UA Press Book Club begins a new reading journey on Tuesday, Oct. 13, at 7 p.m. After a fruitful summer of synthesis thinking (recognizing links between unlike texts and experiences), the club will again simultaneously explore three different books. By reading a Pulitzer Prize-winning play, a literary historical thriller and an exercise in interspecies critical theory, we hope to discover surprising connections and challenging contradictions.
Join a conversation that will reach across genre, time period, topic and intellectual discipline! Readings for Tuesday, Oct. 13:
- “Disgraced,” by Ayad Akhtar — “On Reading Plays,” “Production History,” and Scene One
- “Count Luna,” by Alexander Lernet-Holenia — Chapters 1-4 (pages 1-45)
- “The Companion Species Manifesto,” by Donna Haraway — “Emergent Naturecultures” through “Species” (pages 1-25)
The book club meets via Zoom every Tuesday at 7 p.m.
New participants are encouraged to join the UA Press Book Club Slack space here . Questions and concerns should be directed to Nate Bauer at nbauer3@alaska.edu, who can also provide excerpted readings for the first week for anyone wishing to participate on a trial basis. Thanks for reading!