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SUMMARY:Thursday Afternoon Book Discussion
LOCATION:James M. Duncan Jr. Branch Library\nJames M. Duncan Jr. Branch Li
 brary
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DESCRIPTION:Do you have afternoons available? Join us at the library for s
 ome coffee\, confections\, and conversation about the titles chosen by fel
 low book club members! 📚 ☕.\nhttps://alexandria.libnet.info/
 event/12407975
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>This month we will be discussing: "The Mes
 sage" by Ta-Nehisi Coates\, available on our&nbsp\;<a href="https://alxndr
 ia.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/home/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_
 ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:576453/ada?qu=the+message&amp\;d=ent%3A%2F%2FSD_ILS%2
 F0%2FSD_ILS%3A576453%7EILS%7E3&amp\;h=8">library website</a>&nbsp\;and&nbs
 p\;<a href="https://libbyapp.com/shelf">Libby</a></p>\n<p>Plot: "In the fi
 rst of the book&rsquo\;s three intertwining essays\, Coates\, on his first
  trip to Africa\, finds himself in two places at once: in Dakar\, a modern
  city in Senegal\, and in a mythic kingdom in his mind. Then he takes list
 eners along with him to Columbia\, South Carolina\, where he reports on hi
 s own book&rsquo\;s banning\, but also explores the larger backlash to the
  nation&rsquo\;s recent reckoning with history and the deeply rooted Ameri
 can mythology so visible in that city&mdash\;a capital of the Confederacy 
 with statues of segregationists looming over its public squares. Finally\,
  in the book&rsquo\;s longest section\, Coates travels to Palestine\, wher
 e he sees with devastating clarity how easily we are misled by nationalist
  narratives\, and the tragedy that lies in the clash between the stories w
 e tell and the reality of life on the ground." (Amazon.com)</p>\n<p>ðŸ
 ‘ˆ&nbsp\;<strong>Register for book club reminders!&nbsp\;</strong></p>\
 n<p>📚 <strong>Copies of the book are provided by our Friends of Du
 ncan Library\, become a Friend today to support Library programs!</strong>
 &nbsp\;<a href="https://www.friendsofduncanlibrary.org/donations/">https:/
 /www.friendsofduncanlibrary.org/donations/</a></p>\n<p></p>\nhttps://alexa
 ndria.libnet.info/event/12407975
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