Another Look Book Club

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Get an insider’s look at forgotten masterpieces in a unique book club at Stanford! Another Look selects brief works to encourage busy Bay Area residents to read, meets quarterly and features a panel discussion of professors and writers, followed by an audience discussion. Check out the club’s website for the next book selection, author insights and podcasts.

Past Events

October
19
Date
Mon October 19th 2015, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location:
Bechtel Conference Center, Encina Hall, 616 Serra Street

Join us for the Another Look book club discussion of J.L. Carr's A Month in the Country

June
1
Date
Mon June 1st 2015, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location:
Levinthal Hall, Stanford Humanities Center, 424 Santa Teresa St.

Join us for the Another Look book club discussion of Albert Camus' The Stranger.

March
5
Date
Thu March 5th 2015, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location:
Bechtel Conference Center, Encina Hall, 616 Serra St.

Join us for the "Another Look" book club discussion of James Baldwin's searing, compassionate look at the consequences of racial injustice, The Fire Next Time.

October
27
Date
Mon October 27th 2014, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location:
Levinthal Hall, Stanford Humanities Center, 424 Santa Teresa St.

Join us for the Another Look book club discussion of Italo Calvino's Cosmicomics with Robert Pogue Harrison, Tobias Wolff, and Cynthia Haven.

February
25
Date
Tue February 25th 2014, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location:
Levinthal Hall, Stanford Humanities Center, 424 Santa Teresa St.

Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman will join Tobias Wolff to discuss Roth’s 1979 classic, The Ghost Writer, on Feb. 25.

October
29
Date
Tue October 29th 2013, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location:
Levinthal Hall, Stanford Humanities Center, 424 Santa Teresa Street

“Another Look” brings a witty, sorrowful, and beautiful classic of twentieth-century memoir to Stanford with J.R. Ackerley’s My Father and Myself.