PES Classics Book Club
Mon, Jan 05
|Location is TBD
In anxious times, reading literature produces paradoxical rewards. First, great novels offer an escape. (This is fiction, after all.) But the classics also show us how others have grappled—imaginatively, intellectually, and empathically—with the kinds of threats, injustices, and upheaval that still
Time & Location
Jan 05, 2026, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Location is TBD
Guests
About the event
Email leighebuchanan@gmail.com to express your interest!
Monday, January 5, 7 PM-9 PM
Collier Room
Classic Books in Troubled Times Book Club: Kindred, by Octavia Butler
Octavia Butler, the mother of Afrofuturism, relates the story of Dana James, a Black woman living in 1979. Against her will, Dana is repeatedly yanked out of her life and propelled through time to antebellum Maryland. There, she must rescue her white, slave-owning ancestor, while herself experiencing the horrors of slavery. This group discusses classic literature focused on people struggling through challenging times. We meet on the first Monday of every month. Space is very limited. Contact Leigh Buchanan (leighebuchanan@gmail.com)