Dear Faculty, Staff, and Students,
REMINDER: The Clarkson University Libraries Golden Knights Novel Club, in a special collaboration with CUPO and the Office of Student Life, will hold a discussion of James Baldwin’s If Beale Street Could Talk this week.
A film showing will be held Wednesday, Feb. 27 at 5:30 in the Student Center Multi-Purpose Rooms with snacks.
The following day, Thursday, Feb. 28 at noon a film and book discussion will be held in the Petersen Board Room in Snell Hall. Lunch will be provided for the first 20 students to RSVP at bit.ly/bealestbit.ly/bealest.
From Amazon: In this honest and stunning novel, soon to be a major motion picture directed by Barry Jenkins, James Baldwin has given America a moving story of love in the face of injustice. Told through the eyes of Tish, a nineteen-year-old girl, in love with Fonny, a young sculptor who is the father of her child, Baldwin’s story mixes the sweet and the sad. Tish and Fonny have pledged to get married, but Fonny is falsely accused of a terrible crime and imprisoned. Their families set out to clear his name, and as they face an uncertain future, the young lovers experience a kaleidoscope of emotions-affection, despair, and hope. In a love story that evokes the blues, where passion and sadness are inevitably intertwined, Baldwin has created two characters so alive and profoundly realized that they are unforgettably ingrained in the American psyche.
Send questions to Public Services Librarian Lisa Hoover at lhoover@clarkson.edu.
For more information about this month’s book visit our book club page.
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