Between the World And Me
The Gunn Memorial Library invites you to the February book discussion of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ groundbreaking work, Between the World and Me. Hailed as one of the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, this powerful and poignant book is written as a letter from Coates to his teenage son, reflecting on the realities of race, identity, and the Black experience in America.
Between the World and Me is Ta-Nehisi Coates’s attempt to answer these questions in a letter to his adolescent son. Coates shares with his son—and readers—the story of his awakening to the truth about his place in the world through a series of revelatory experiences, from Howard University to Civil War battlefields, from the South Side of Chicago to Paris, from his childhood home to the living rooms of mothers whose children’s lives were taken as American plunder. Beautifully woven from personal narrative, reimagined history, and fresh, emotionally charged reportage, Between the World and Me illuminates the past, bracingly confronts our present, and offers a transcendent vision for a way forward.
Join us as we delve into this critically acclaimed work and its exploration of history, culture, and resilience.
To register, visit us at: https://www.gunnlibrary.org/calendar/gml-friday-book-club-between-the-world-and-me-by-ta-nehisi-coates/
Gunn Memorial Library
5 Wykeham Road
Washington, CT 06793
