[N25abg] Next Book(s)

[Luciano, Nino]

Great job, jay! Thanks for giving this thought .

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On May 13, 2023, at 4:00 PM, Jay Kearney <jaykearney401 at gmail.com> wrote:


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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