BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:LA County Library X-WR-CALNAME:LA County Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:63e6456a-d9d0-40ad-ad60-59bc2aa21900 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260721T150549Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260204T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260204T173000 SUMMARY:Classics Book Club LOCATION:East Los Angeles Library\nEast Los Angeles Library X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=East Los Angeles Library;X -APPLE-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=East Los Angeles Library:geo:34.0339873,-118.1597 237 GEO:34.0339873;-118.1597237 DESCRIPTION:A discussion of Percival Everett's "James". For adults..\nhttp s://lacountylibrary.libnet.info/event/15545715 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

For Black History Month\, we discuss the P ulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner\, Percival Everett's \;James.

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When Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans\, separated from his wife and daughter forever\, he runs away until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile\, Huck ha s faked his own death to escape his violent father. As all readers of Amer ican literature know\, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and unreliable promi se of the Free States and beyond. Brimming with electrifying humor a nd lacerating observations\, this brilliant and tender novel radical ly illuminates Jim&rsquo\;s agency\, intelligence\, and compassion.& nbsp\;

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Copies of the book will be available at the circulation des k. The program will take place in the Chicano Resource Center. Space is li mited to ten participants\, so pick up your copy soon!

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Light refre shments provided courtesy of Los Amigos of East Los Angeles Library.

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