Category Archives: Book Club

Upcoming Podcast Club Event – 10/28/2021

Book Club

The CAS Professional Development Committee is excited to announce our upcoming Podcast Club. This month, we will discuss an interview with Jennifer De Leon, an author and professor at Framingham State University. Speaking with KQED, the San Francisco Bay Area NPR-member station, De Leon discusses many of the important topics she highlights in her most recent collection of essays, “White Space.” 

Podcast Club will be hosted virtually on Thursday, October 28th at 11AM.

Please use the following link to register: https://forms.gle/FZe2C6PJJVcXJp24A

To listen to the interview, please use the following link:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jennifer-leon-dissects-white-space-through-essays-on/id73329719?i=1000516185785

Episode description

In her book of essays, “White Space,” writer Jennifer De Leon explores how she became a writer — a journey inextricably linked to her parents’ migration from Guatemala to the United States. Throughout her life, De Leon carved a place for herself in spaces that felt unfamiliar: in the private college where she didn’t feel wealthy or white enough; in Guatemala where she immersed herself in a culture and language locals expected her to already know. This is De Leon’s second book release during the pandemic — her young adult novel, “Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From,” came out last May. De Leon joins to talk about her Central American roots, her parents’ reservations about her career and writing in mostly white spaces.

 

We hope to see you all there!

Summer 2020 Book Club: On Being Included

Book Club

We are pleased to announce the upcoming Professional Development Committee Book Club! We will be reading On Being Included by Sara Ahmed – attached is a book review that I encourage you to read for more information.

We will be meeting via Zoom on Wednesday, August 26th from 1pm – 2pm (the Zoom link will be sent to participants closer to the 26th).

Given the virtual nature of this Book Club, I will distribute a .pdf of On Being Included Chapter 1: Institutional Life to all participants. Our conversation will focus on this chapter, but I highly encourage you to read more of the book. Several copies of On Being Included are available through BU Libraries by visiting www.bu.edu/library. For more information on how to read the book online, click the form below.

 

If you are interested in joining us, please complete this form:

https://forms.gle/EvvPy6q75Drn8HeS8

 

If you have any questions, please reach out to Jacob Harrington: jwharrin@bu.edu.