1. Corby is a deeply flawed yet sympathetic character. Does his character challenge your preconceived notions about morality and empathy, particularly within the context of his life decisions? How ...

1. Amy Griffin spent much of her adult life determined to move forward, never letting herself stop to look back. What do you think eventually motivated her to want to revisit her past and then to tell ...

Discuss the following passage: "If the structures of the human mind remain unchanged, we will always end up re-creating fundamentally the same world, the same evils, the same dysfunction" (p. 22). Do ...

Actor George Takei has told his family’s story in an autobiography, a TED talk and a Broadway musical. With a new graphic memoir, “They Called Us Enemy,” he wants to reach a generation that may know ...

Not all habits picked up over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic were bad ones. Granted, some of us are still drinking too much and may never again wear pants that don't have stretchy waistbands. (We ...

Father Gregory Boyle, the founder of Homeboy Industries, has told stories about his experiences with L.A.’s gang members in sermons, speaking engagements and in two nonfiction books. His latest book, ...

Boswell Book Company, located on Milwaukee's east side, is home to three store-run book clubs that are free and open to the ...

Create a thriving community of readers—and keep meeting attendance high—with these fun and easy tips for starting a book club You’ve just turned the final page of your book. You’ve got all sorts of ...

For those who know me, I am a pretty concrete, left brain kind of person. Meditation, visualization, and the touchy-feely things are not my forte, so it was somewhat surprising that I chose Breakfast ...

Public media outlets have a long tradition of building audiences and community connections around books and the people who love them. From book reviews that air regularly on NPR’s newsmagazines and ...

With movies, concerts, bar trivia night and other live events canceled due to the coronavirus crisis, more and more people seem to be turning to literature to pass the time. Last week, TIME published ...