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Giovanni's Room
by James Baldwin

This Book Group will meet on Zoom. Please register here.

 

Join us in celebrating Pride by reading and discussing James Baldwin's once a groundbreaking and today truly a classic of gay literature, Giovanni's Room.

World Literature is a member-facilitated Book Group. A Mechanics' librarian is on hand to make announcements, monitor, and partake in the discussion.

 

All members are welcome to join.

 

If you have any questions, please email our Programming Librarian, Myles, at [email protected].

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