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Dedicated to the exploration of the best in human values and the enrichment of life.
― Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
It's officially Fall! The days are getting shorter; all the better to spend an evening curled up with a new book. Check out these September releases, in stock now.
Right now, we're offering The Tyranny of Merit for 20% off in conjunction with upcoming programs with Michael J. Sandel at CHQ Assembly. Check it out below!
The Mirror Project, a partnership between the African American Heritage House and Chautauqua Institution, in collaboration with the Institution's Literary Arts program, will begin hosting monthly Mirror Project Reading Circles. Each month, readers will read one book about diversity, race relations, and/or the state of society, and meet online to discuss it in open and welcoming conversations.
September 2020's pick is Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates.
Contact Chautauqua Literary Arts at chqliteraryarts@gmail.com to be assigned to a session group.
― Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
...Alternatively, then go back and revisit the best parts! The summer season may be over, but CHQ Assembly is still here!
Check out our lists of this summer's Assembly contributors titles
"– as refugees sometimes do – they can appear to us like threatening ghosts who fates we ourselves have caused and denied.”
– Viet Thanh Nguyen, (Introduction) The Displaced
This week's CLSC presentation goes live Thursday August 27th 3:30 pm EDT on CHQ Assembly.
Signed bookplates are still available for Viet Thanh Nguyen; if you would like a signed edition, please let us know in your order comments!
Readi
ng together since 1878, the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle has remained a leader in adult education through quality programming.
Each summer, the CLSC chooses at least nine books of literary quality and invites the authors to Chautauqua present their work to an audience of approximately 1,000 readers.
The CLSC is organized under a vertical theme each year, which is meant to help readers connect the books with a uniting element. The theme for 2021 is "The People."
Watch a recording of the announcement and Bryant Day ceremony on the CHQ Virtual Porch. Stay tuned for more announcements for 2021!
-- Mohsin Hamid, Exit West
CHQ Assembly Week 9 on The Future We Want, The World We Need
What will the world look like over the coming decades, and how can we work together to better prepare for the future? From climate change to new technologies, the world faces countless interrelated and fast-moving drivers of economic, political and social change. Where are the most important opportunities to realize a more equitable and sustainable world? What are our biggest collective challenges? During the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, we examine what we can learn from international communities and partnerships driving innovative solutions to global issues and identify tools that communities can use to learn from one another and drive collective action.
Browse titles by this week's assembly contributors here
"...and the one we so often tell about ourselves. But it’s one we’ve managed to beat again and again—in our insistence on our own existence and our successful struggles to exist in our homelands on our own terms."
― David Treuer, The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present
This week's CLSC presentation goes live Thursday August 20th 3:30 pm EDT on CHQ Assembly.
Signed bookplates are still available for David Treuer; if you would like a signed edition, please let us know in your order comments!
CHQ Assembly Week 8 on Reframing the Constitution
Two-hundred and thirty years after its ratification, the U.S. Constitution remains one of the most difficult to amend of any in the world. During this week we ask if the Constitution is securing the “blessings of liberty” for all Americans and whether constitutional reform — from amendment to outright replacement — is necessary and even possible.
Browse titles by this week's assembly contributors here
― We Cast a Shadow
This week's CLSC presentation goes live Thursday August 13th 3:30 pm EDT on CHQ Assembly.
Signed bookplates are still available for Maurice Carlos Ruffin; if you would like a signed edition, please let us know in your order comments!
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