ONLINE Classics Book Club

Join the library’s Classics Book Club online! We define a classic not by its specific time period, but by its staying power and recognized value to society and the literary canon. We will endeavor to include a diverse group of authors, across gender, race, nationality and sexuality.

We have changed July’s title to Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. This book is instantly available on Hoopla in audiobook or ebook format!

One of the most important and enduring books of the twentieth century, Their Eyes Were Watching God brings to life a Southern love story with the wit and pathos found only in the writing of Zora Neale Hurston. Out of print for almost thirty years-due largely to initial audiences' rejection of its strong black female protagonist-Hurston's classic has since its 1978 reissue become perhaps the most widely read and highly acclaimed novel in the canon of African-American literature.

No registration required.

Click this link to connect via Zoom. Password: 3GWdHC

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