What we’re about
1) The purpose of this book club is to cultivate a literary community in the city of Detroit. A community that is centered on meaningful and engaging discussions surrounding books. Additionally, the purpose is to support the Detroit community by hosting our meetups at various local businesses in the city and the metro area.
2) You should join if you have an interest or passion for books and reading, an interest or passion in building a community, an interest or passion in supporting local businesses in Detroit, or all of the above!
3) We will discuss our thoughts and perspectives of the month's chosen book while dining at a local business in the city. We will get to know each other while also getting to know a new or old business owner right in our city.
4) This is about building community, too, so feel free to attend even if you didn't read OR finish the book. We'd still love to meet you! :)
5) Lastly, there will be a $5/meetup fee to offset the costs of meetup.com for the administrator of the group.
Upcoming events (1)
See all- August's book discussion "Maroons: Book 2" by Adrienne Maree BrownGriffin Gardens, Detroit, MI
We will be reading Maroons, the second installment to Adrienne Maree Brown's Grievers triology for August!
As always, no fee during the summer, we meet at Griffin Gardens, and shop local if you can.
Synopsis:
A tale of survival, of moving beyond seemingly insurmountable devastation toward, if not hope itself, then the road to hope.
In the second installment of the Grievers trilogy, adrienne maree brown brings to bear her background as an activist rooted in Detroit. The pandemic of Syndrome H-8 continues to ravage the city of Detroit and everyone in Dune’s life. In Maroons, she must learn what community and connection mean in the lonely wake of a fatal virus. Emerging from grief to follow a subtle path of small pleasures through an abandoned urban landscape, she begins finding other unlikely survivors with little in common but the will to live. Together they begin to piece together the puzzle of their survival, and that of the city itself.
