Join us for an author talk with Christopher Palmer about his most recent book Achieving a Good Death. Until his retirement in 2018, Chris served on American University’s full-time faculty as Distinguished Film Producer in Residence. In 2004, he founded AU’s Center for Environmental Filmmaking at the School of Communication, which seeks to inspire a new...
Join Jennifer Oko, author of Just Emilia, a darkly comic, time-bending tale of three versions of one woman stuck in a DC Metro elevator, and Martha Anne Toll, author of Duet for One,...
Join us every Wednesday at the B-CC Regional Services Center to practice conversational English in small groups. Share your experiences and culture with other non-native English speakers in a friendly...
The author of My What If Year is back with a witty debut novel that takes you inside the world of extreme wealth and charitable giving. She will be in conversation with Victoria...
Join us every Wednesday at the B-CC Regional Services Center to practice conversational English in small groups. Share your experiences and culture with other non-native English speakers in a friendly...
Join educator Jared Fox in - and out - of his New York City science classroom on an excursion beyond textbooks and lectures to reimagine teaching and learning. Learning Environment offers a...
Lauren Willig will discuss her latest historical fiction novel, The Girl From Greenwich Street, set in 1800 about the shocking murder of a young woman that forces bitter rivals Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr to work together as the case goes to trial. Based on the true story of the first U.S. murder trial, the novel...
Come, share your ideas and learn more about environmental topics in this space for thoughtful exchange, around fiction and non-fiction books. Starting from a common base to have real discussions about the environment, this book discussion club is a great way to deepen ideas, have respectful debates while listening to the points of view of...
Discover the main aspects of the different cultural and literary currents within 20th-century Latin American literature with Professor J. Monzón, PhD. “Latin American literature” is a label that can be used to group together varying works in a uniform, singular genre without taking into account the various countries and cultures which comprise the region...
Come join the Connie Morella Mystery book club! We will be reading mysteries, thrillers and whodunits together every month. This September, we will be discussing The Expectant Detectives by Kat Ailes. Can they solve the mother of all murders? For Alice and her partner Joe, moving to the sleepy village of Penton is a chance to embrace...
The author of Not Our Kind and The Dressmakers of Prospect Heights returns with a story of secrets, friendship, and betrayal about two young women at Vassar in the years after World War II, a powerful and moving tale of prejudice and pride that echoes the cultural and social issues of today. Moderated by Kevin Berrill and sponsored by...
Catherine Newman, bestselling author of Sandwich, will discuss her new sequel novel Wreck, which picks up with Rocky and her family at home two years later. Full of laughter and heart, Wreck explores the...
