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Slow Reading Book Discussion
2026-06-15 14:00:00 2026-06-15 16:00:00 America/New_York Slow Reading Book Discussion This year the Slow Reading Discussion Group will be continuing its close study of works that explore, from a variety of perspectives, the rich theme of displacement. White Plains Public Library - Community Room

Monday, June 15
2:00pm - 4:00pm

Add to Calendar 2026-06-15 14:00:00 2026-06-15 16:00:00 America/New_York Slow Reading Book Discussion This year the Slow Reading Discussion Group will be continuing its close study of works that explore, from a variety of perspectives, the rich theme of displacement. White Plains Public Library - Community Room

This year the Slow Reading Discussion Group will be continuing its close study of works that explore, from a variety of perspectives, the rich theme of displacement.

Texts will include Javier Zamora's memoir Solito, Jhumpa Lahiri's novel The Namesake and short story collection Unaccustomed Earth, and Arundhati Roy's novel The God of Small Things. Leading the group is Ellen Lambert, who has a Ph.D. from Yale and taught high school English at The Dalton School for over 25 years.

For this meeting, please read the first story in the short story collection The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen.

AGE GROUP: | Adults about 55 and over | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Books and Authors |

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