Join the Department of English for monthly Booktalk meetings 6-7 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month in Humanities Building Room 237. The meetings are open to the Birmingham community; all are welcome.
Books are selected by English faculty and instructors, who also lead the discussions.
Discounted copies of all titles will be available at Little Professor Books in Homewood. Just mention UAB Booktalk when purchasing.
For more information, email Cassandra Ellis, cellis@uab.edu.
The book selections and discussion leaders for the 2017-18 academic year:
Sept. 5
Book: “Lancelot, Knight of the Cart” by Chretien de Troyes
Discussion leader: Jill Clements, Ph.D.
Oct. 3
Book: “The Member of the Wedding” by Carson McCullers
Discussion leader: Kerry Madden-Lunsford
Nov. 7
Book: “Giovanni’s Room” by James Baldwin
Discussion leader: Dan Butcher
Dec. 5
Book: Selected stories by Flannery O’Connor, Raymond Carver and David Foster Wallace
Discussion leader: Vic Camp
Feb. 6
Book: “Middlemarch” by George Eliot
Discussion leader: Danny Siegel, Ph.D.
March 6
Book: “The Prisoner of Zenda” by Anthony Hope
Discussion leader: Halley Cotton
April 3
Book: “House of Names” by Colm Toibin
Discussion leader: Aysha Bey
May 1
Book: “West with the Night” by Beryl Markham
Discussion leader: Bill Hutchings, Ph.D.