In this week’s Adjustments book club, Rick Maxson reflects on what it means, in Archibald MacLeish’s words, to take the world, and on Will Phillips’ fumbling acceptance of his many selves.
Adjustments Book Club: We Note Our Place With Book Markers
How does friendship play a role in identifying, and going on to meet, our needs? Explore the relationship between new friends Will and Joe in Rick Maxson’s first Adjustments Book Club installment.
Book Club Announcement: Adjustments by Will Willingham
The best books are those that invite us into a world we would never have thought to enter. Adjustments by Will Willingham is such a book and such a world. Join Richard Maxon for our latest book club discussion beginning Nov. 18.
Want a Sense of Home, Togetherness & Creativity?—Try The Farmers Market Factor
Charity Singleton Craig wraps up her book club discussion of Farmacology exploring the ways that farmers markets and community gardening contribute to the health not only of individuals, but of entire communities.
Book Club Announcement: “The Art of the Essay”
Get ready to join Tweetspeak Poetry for some essay-writing! Join us next month for a book club about Charity Singleton Craig’s ‘The Art of the Essay.’
Book Club Announcement: Farmacology
What’s good for the land—its soil, its vegetation, its animals—is also good for us. Starting September 16, join Charity Singleton Craig for a book club discussion of Daphne Miller’s Farmacology and the connection between farming and health.
Book Club: How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Sfumato
Can Mona Lisa’s unnerving smirk help you get comfortable with ambiguity and deepen your creativity? Find out in this week’s book club discussion of How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci.
Book Club: How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Curiosità
Often, the most important thing is not the answer, but the question. Michael Gelb (and Leonardo da Vinci) suggest we write a hundred questions to get our curiosity started.
Book Club Announcement: How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci
Don’t know much about the Renaissance? Not to worry. Join LW Willingham for a bit of exploration and curiosity in a new book club on How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci.
Braiding Sweetgrass: Gifts of Ritual Together
We’re discussing Robin Wall Kimmerer’s rich and thoughtful Braiding Sweetgrass this month. Today, we consider the communal gifts of the earth and remembering, but not before doing a little yoga.
Braiding Sweetgrass: Skywoman Falling, by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Enjoy this selection from Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teaching of Plants, by Robin Wall Kimmerer, courtesy of Milkweed Editions.
Difficult Conversations: Eleven by Sandra Cisneros
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Difficult Conversations: Book Club & Pod Club Announcement
In October, the focus of our Friendship Project turns to the subject of Difficult Conversations. Join us for upcoming book and pod club discussions on this important topic.
Great Friendship Tales: Provence, 1970—More Than Just Different
In our final installment of the Provence, 1970, book club, L.L. Barkat explores the ways our differences can not just be honored, but how they can be bridged to create something surprising, new, and yes, delectable.
Book Club: The Art of Gathering: Making (and Breaking) Rules
In this week’s book club discussion of Priya Parker’s The Art of Gathering, we consider how rules can provide the structure needed to make events more experimental, whimsical and democratic.
Book Club: The Art of Gathering—The Kindness of Exclusion (or, Not)
We begin our book club discussion of Priya Parker’s The Art of Gathering with a look at the purpose of our gatherings and the need that sometimes arises to exclude, with kindness.
Children’s Book Club: “The Day The Crayons Quit”
What would you do if your crayons left you angry notes? Join us for a Children’s Book Club discussion of ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’ by Drew Daywalt, illustrated by Oliver Jeffers.
Book Club Announcement: Priya Parker’s The Art of Gathering
Priya Parker encourages us to create meaningful, transformative gatherings that shape “the way we think, feel, and make sense of our world.” Join us for our latest book club discussion of The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters.
Children’s Book Club: “Owl Moon”
Quiet, now. Let’s bundle up and pay attention. Join us as we read Jane Yolen’s “Owl Moon” with Megan Willome as our guide.
Born to Be Good: Laughter Might Be the Best Medicine
Come laugh with us as we wrap up our book club discussion of Dacher Keltner’s Born to Be Good.