Dearborn Book Discussion Group Revisits the Classics

DEARBORN, MI — “Classics are books which, the more we think we know them through hearsay, the more original, unexpected, and innovative we find them when we actually read them,” Italo Calvino said.

Dearborn residents are invited to participate in the free book discussion group series, “Classics Revisited,” which returns this fall at the Henry Ford Centennial Library, 16301 Michigan Ave.

All sessions are open to the public and no registration is required. Sessions take place 7- 8 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month from September through May in the Ford Room on the second floor.

The schedule is as follows:

September 21: “Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc” by Mark Twain

October 19: “Affluent Society” by John Kenneth Galbraith

November 16: “The Woman Warrior” by Maxine Hong Kingston

December 21: “Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich

January 18: “Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott

February 15: “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass”

March 15: “And Then There Were None” by Agatha Christie

April 19: “Go Tell It on the Mountain” by James Baldwin

May 17: “Confessions ” by St. Augustine

Multiple copies of each book will be available for checkout through your Dearborn Public Library. Please call (313) 943-2330, visit dearbornlibrary.org, or stop by any Dearborn Public Library branch to check on availability of the titles.

To learn more about a book or its author, visit Literature Resource Center, a database available at dearbornlibrary.org.

Send an email to classicsrevisited@gmail.com to receive discussion questions and meeting reminders.

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