Next PBC
We had a great discussion in April and are now planning for June. Once again, I'll offer up two times and let you pick, depending on where in the world you are.
We'll be reading Imbolo Mbue's 2021 novel, How Beautiful We Were, which Kirkus Reviews noted at publication time was "A fierce, up-to-the-minute novel that makes you sad enough to grieve and angry enough to fight back." It's about the fight of a (fictional) African community against a corrupt American oil company (is there another kind?)
I'm delighted to be joined by a former-student-now-professor, Simon Shachter Yamawaki. Simon proposed the book and I'm looking forward to being in conversation with him and others.
Time options:
NOTE: On June 30 we'll start at quarter after the hour, not half past, as shown above (I couldn't get the widget to show 15 minutes after).
We're also starting to run low on fiction recommendations. If you've already signed up for the PBC, feel free to add some book suggestions (preferably fiction) here (add below line 83 or the last entry after that). If you want to join us and haven't yet signed up you can do so here.
I will send dial in info in a few weeks so you can RSVP.
In the meantime, if you've read any fiction lately that has you thinking hard about philanthropy, collective action, social and political change, etc. feel free to drop it in the comments below. Maybe we can get a PBC chat going if folks are more comfortable writing rather than video calling. (I'm game to set up a different space for chatting if you like, also).