The Reserve Book Club
The Reserve Book Club
Want to discuss that popular new title you just finished? We're here for you! Every month we'll discuss a recent best-selling book.
In September we'll be discussing James by Percival Everett
When Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he runs away until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck has faked his own death to escape his violent father. As all readers of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond.
Brimming with the electrifying humor and lacerating observations that have made Everett a literary icon, this brilliant and tender novel radically illuminates Jim’s agency, intelligence, and compassion as never before.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, James is destined to be a cornerstone of twenty-first century American literature.
- Date:
- Thursday, September 4, 2025 Show more dates
- Time:
- 6:15pm - 7:30pm
- Location:
- Arts & Crafts Room at Kelly Rec Complex
- Campus:
- Kelly Branch Library
- Audience:
- Adult
- Categories:
- Authors, Books, and Writing Kelly Branch Library Clubs