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Let's Talk About It - Scholar-Led Book Discussion

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Join Jennifer Black, from Boise State University, for a discussion about "No-No Boy" by John Okada. You can pick up a copy of the book at the front desk of our Cherry Lane or Silverstone libraries to read in advance of the discussion. 

This event will be held virtually on Zoom: 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81337879062?pwd=dVB4czUzUFNVaHFST2U3Um5hVzl0UT09

Meeting ID: 813 3787 9062
Passcode: 654074

Or join by phone: 1-253-215-8782

The discussion is part of the Idaho Commission for Libraries' Let's Talk About It program. Since 1985, Let’s Talk About It has brought adult reading discussion groups together with humanities scholars in Idaho’s public libraries to discuss literature. This event is part of a series titled "Starting the Conversation: Race & Racism in America." 

Jennifer Black is a lecturer in English at Boise State University, where she teaches British literature, Humanities and English composition.  She has degrees in Humanities and Comparative Literature from Brigham Young University and a Ph.D in Renaissance Studies from Boston University.  Her research interests include Renaissance women artists and writers, autobiography, and Shakespeare’s plays.