[N25abg] Next Book(s)

[Jay Kearney]

There are at this point four books that have been suggested as the next for
our group to read.  Each comes with the possibility of the author attending
a meeting with us, either in person or via Zoom:

   1. *The Auburn Conference *by Tom Piazza (recommended by David Berger).
   Per David, well written and moves along, at only 200 pages.  "It is 1883,
   and America is at a crossroads. At a tiny college in Upstate New York, an
   idealistic young professor has managed to convince Mark Twain, Frederick
   Douglass, Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Confederate
   memoirist Forrest Taylor, and romance novelist Lucy Comstock to participate
   in the first (and last) Auburn Writers’ Conference for a public discussion
   about the future of the nation"
   2. *A Speck in the Sea *by John Aldridge and Anthony Sosinski (recommended
   by Harold).  "On the night of July 24, 2013, John is thrown off the back of
   his boat - the Anna Mary, while his partner Anthony is sleeping. This is a
   story of perseverance and survival."
   3. *Life Sentence: The Brief and Tragic Career of Baltimore’s Deadliest
   Gang Leader *by Mark Bowden (per Nino).  "In this unprecedented deep
   dive into inner-city gang life, Mark Bowden takes readers inside a
   Baltimore gang, offers an in-depth portrait of its notorious leader, and
   chronicles the 2016 FBI investigation that landed eight gang members in
   prison."
   4. *Fire on the Levee: The Murder of Henry Glover and the Search for
   Justice after Hurricane Katrina* by Jared Fishman and Joseph Hooper (per
   Fred).  "Fire on the Levee tells the story of a young idealistic prosecutor
   determined to bring the truth to light. The case would lead to major
   reforms in the New Orleans Police Department and ultimately change our
   understanding of race, policing and justice in post-Katrina New Orleans and
   beyond."

We can address all this either at our meeting on Sunday or on our next
Zoom.  In addition, we should discuss what the primary criteria in choosing
books to read should be.  Is it either 1) having an author at the meeting,
or 2) the quality, interest and timeliness of a book?  Or do we alternate
on that question?  Food for thought, discussion and debate,  Jay
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