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New Art from Niffenegger
Audrey Niffenegger has a comic running in the Guardian called The Night Bookmobile.
- Alice Maggio
This Month's Selection:
October 2008
Dirty Sugar Cookies
by Ayun Halliday
Dirty Sugar Cookies is an autobiographical account of a picky young eater who turns into a brave food adventuress, and comes complete with recipes you can try.
Meet & Discuss
Join us at The Book Cellar at 4736-38 N. Lincoln Ave. (map) to discuss the book. We'll meet on Monday, October 13, at 7:30pm. New members are always welcome!
October 13
Dirty Sugar Cookies
by Ayun Halliday
November 10
Sin in the Second City
by Karen Abbott
September 8
Native Son
by Richard Wright
August 11
The Wizard of Oz
by L. Frank Baum
July 14
Free Burning
by Bayo Ojikutu
June 9
Naked
by David Sedaris
May 19
The Grass Dancer
by Susan Power
April 14
Middlesex
by Jeffrey Eugenides
March 10
Fire Sale
by Sara Paretsky
February 11
The Enchanters Vs. Sprawlburg Springs
by Brian Costello
January 14
Never a City So Real
by Alex Kotlowitz
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The Gapers Block Book Club is a reading group dedicated to reading fiction by Chicago area authors and nonfiction works about our city. We read a new book every month, and new members are always welcome.
In Person
The book club meets on the second Monday of the month at The Book Cellar bookstore in Lincoln Square (map).
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Sign up for the book club mailing list to receive reminders about upcoming meetings and other special announcements.
To get in touch with Alice and Veronica, the book club moderators, email us at bookclub{at}gapersblock.com.
