View from the Margins Book Group

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Program Type:

Book Discussion, Meetup

Age Group:

Adults

Program Description

Program Details


 

Check out this book group for fresh insights and lively discussion about topics relating to society, identity, and culture.

Book selections include fiction and non-fiction from a wide variety of perspectives and marginalized identities.  

 

PARTICIPATE IN-PERSON OR ONLINE VIA ZOOM

To join the Zoom Meeting, use the following link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83974516721?pwd=mKGAzHUYnw7Z5c7XbyONFF3yw55RXH.1

 

2025

  • September What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez? by Claire Jimenez
  • October Beautiful Country: A Memoir of an Undocumented Childhood by Qian Julie Wang
  • November The Turner House by Angela Flournoy
  • December Fire Exit by Morgan Talty

 

2026

  • January The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • February The Great Divide by Cristina Henríquez
  • March See Me Rolling: On Disability, Equality, and Ten-Point Turns by Lottie Jackson
  • April Victim by Andrew Boryga
  • May Hijab Butch Blues: A Memoir by Lamya H
  • June Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
  • July A Council of Dolls by Mona Susan Power
  • August Cactus Country: A Boyhood Memoir by Zoë Bossiere

 

Supported by the Ames Public Library Friends Foundation.


Ames Public Library connects you to the world of ideas through diverse and inclusive resources and programs. We welcome proposals via our website for programs at www.amespubliclibrary.org/programproposal and exhibits at https://www.amespubliclibrary.org/exhibit-proposal.