Monday, November 2, 2009
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Putnam Room in Alumni House
Dr. Judith Wilt, moderator and Newton College Alumnae Chair in Western Culture
Best-selling novelist Ann Patchett weaves an intricate tale about family, parental love, and loss in her highly acclaimed Boston-based book, Run. Patchett gracefully connects two unsuspecting families and a desperate cast of characters, in a series of events, to produce an eloquent and warm fictional piece of domestic drama.
Join us for the first time, or as a return guest, for an engaging discussion moderated by Professor Judith Wilt. If you wish to attend, please respond by Thursday, October 29, to Julie Nuzzo, NC ’74, assistant director, Newton College, at 617-552-4577 or julie.nuzzo@bc.edu. Contact Julie if you are interested in participating by conference call.
Monday, September 21, 2009
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Putnam Room in Alumni House
Dr. Judith Wilt, moderator and Newton College Alumnae Chair in Western Culture
This summer discover the penetrating talent of the National Book Award winning
writer, Flannery O’Connor. Newton College Alumnae Chair in Western Culture and
Newton College Book Club moderator, Professor Judith Wilt, has proposed reading
four required selections from The Complete Stories of Flannery O’Connor, and recommended four additional short stories from this volume if you are up to a powerful dose of twentieth century fiction. Refer to the required short story reading list and the recommended short story reading list below.
Furthermore, add The Life You Save May Be Your Own by Paul Elie to your summer reading list. Elie reviewed four American Catholic authors for his book and detailed how their lives and their writings interacted with their faith and their art.
Join us for a fascinating discussion in the fall, facilitated by Professor Wilt. If you wish to attend, please respond by Thursday, September 17, to Julie Nuzzo, NC ’74, assistant director, Newton College, at 617-552-4577 or julie.nuzzo@bc.edu. Contact Julie if you are interested in participating by conference call.
Reading Lists:
Required short stories by Flannery O’Connor for discussion on Monday, September
21, 2009:
• A Good Man Is Hard to Find
• The Life You Save May Be Your Own
• The River
• Good Country People
Recommended short stories by Flannery O’Connor for discussion on Monday,
September 21, 2009:
• A Temple of the Holy Ghost
• The Artificial Nigger
• The Enduring Chill
• Everything That Rises Must Converge
Monday, May 11, 2009
7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Putnam Room in Alumni House
Dr. Judith Wilt, moderator and Newton College Alumnae Chair in Western Culture
Wallace Stegner ’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel, Angle of Repose, is the magnificent tale of four generations of an American family. The drama unfolds when a wheelchair - bound retired history professor embarks on a quest to discover his long deceased pioneer grandparents. The backdrop of the American frontier sets the tone for Stegner’s contemporary, fictional masterpiece.
Join us for an intriguing discussion moderated by Professor Judith Wilt, Newton College Alumnae Chair in Western Culture. RSVP by Thursday, May 7, to Julie Nuzzo, NC ’74, assistant director, Newton College, at 617-552-4577 or julie.nuzzo@bc.edu. Contact Julie for details about participating by conference call.
About the Newton College Book Club
The Alumni Association, in conjunction with the Boston College Bookstore, offers participants the ability to purchase the selected books at a 20% discount. Click here to order the current selection online. You may also receive the discount at the Boston College Bookstore. Contact Julie Nuzzo NC ’74, assistant director, Newton College, at 617-552-4577 or julie.nuzzo@bc.edu to request a discount certificate to present at either the McElroy Commons store or the Hillside Shop in the administration building across from the Flynn Recreational Complex.
In addition, the Alumni Association offers the ability to join the book club discussion by conference call. Now alumnae nationwide have the opportunity to reconnect with fellow Newton College graduates through thoughtful discussion of great literature. Contact Julie Nuzzo NC ’74 for more information about this feature.
Recent Meetings
Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner
May 11, 2009
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
March 30, 2009
This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War by Drew Gilpin Faust
February 2, 2009
Do You Believe? by Antonio Monda
December 15, 2008
Gilead, by Marilynne Robinson
November 3, 2008
The Nine: The Secret World of the Supreme Court by Jeffrey Toobin
September 22, 2008
Memoirs of a Survivor by Doris Lessing and
The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
May 12, 2008
Cheating at Canasta by William Trevor
March 31, 2008
March by Geraldine Brooks
February 11, 2008