Reading Race

Craving something more with your summer reading? Join us for a reading group on race, featuring a top-notch booklist covering everything from cutting edge to classics (see list below). Facilitators Reverend Irene Monroe and Jaclyn Friedman will lead this 8 week exploration of race, identity and literature, making connections between the worlds of the authors and our own lives.

The group is FREE and will meet on Wednesdays, Aug. 1 - Sept. 26, from 6 to 8 PM, at the Center for New Words, 7 Temple Street in Central Square, Cambridge. Books will be made available at a discount to all, and free to those with financial need. Space is limited — call 617-876-5310 or email jaclyn@centerfornewwords.org to let us know you’re interested.

The books will include:
Caucasia, by Danzy Senna

The Woman Warrior, by Maxine Hong Kingston

The Guardians, by Ana Castillo

Colonize This!: Young Women of Color on Today’s Feminism, edited by Daisy Hernandez & Bushra Rehman

Interpreter of Maladies, by Jhumpa Lahiri