Reading Goups

We are pleased to be offering two reading groups this winter--and hope that you can make one of the groups as we read and discuss Our Nig: Or Sketches from the Life of a Free Black by Harriet E. Wilson.

from publisher's comments:

First published in 1859, Our Nig is an autobiographical narrative that stands as one of the most important accounts of the life of a black woman in the antebellum North. In the story of Frado, a spirited black girl who is abused and overworked as the indentured servant to a New England family, Harriet E. Wilson tells a heartbreaking story about the resilience of the human spirit. This edition incorporates new research showing that Wilson was not only a pioneering African-American literary figure but also an entrepreneur in the black women as hair care market fifty years before Madame C. J. Walker as hair care empire made her the country as first woman millionaire.

The agenda for the reading groups is as follows:
December:
*get your free copy of the book starting December 1, while supplies last
*join either the Primetime (7pm) or Lunchtime (12pm) group and we'll begin talking about the author, the history of the book and the basic premise of the book. (check the calendars at the bottom of the blog for the exact dates for the groups)
**snacks, drinks and lunches are encouraged!

January:
*groups will discuss the book--going through as many of the discussion questions we can in the hour. please give consideration to the discussion questions
**snacks, drinks and lunches are encouraged!

February:
*groups will finish up the book's discussion questions, and {hopefully} have time for more comments and thoughts about how this book relates and correlates to the men and women who became the African-American pioneers of the West
**snacks, drinks and lunches are encouraged!

please consider joining one of the groups or dropping in when you can!

(thanks to the Friends of BCL for covering the costs of buying the book selection as well as Border's Books for donating many copies)