Book Club
Events
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Monday Morning Book Club: The Glass Chateau
Join us for a discussion of The Glass Chateau by Stephen Kiernan, a moving novel of hope, healing, and the redemptive power of art set in post–World War II France.…
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Monday Morning Book Club: If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies
Join us for a discussion of If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All by Eliezer Yudkowsky, an urgent and provocative examination of the existential risks posed by artificial intelligence. Drawing on decades of research into machine intelligence and alignment, Yudkowsky argues that the global race to create superhuman AI…
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Tuesday Night Book Club: The Frozen River
Join us for a discussion of The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon, a gripping historical mystery inspired by the real life of 18th-century midwife Martha Ballard. Set in Maine in 1789, the novel begins when a man is discovered frozen in the Kennebec River and Martha is called upon to determine the cause of death.…
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Exhibitionists Book Club: St. Lucy’s Home for Girl’s Raised by Wolves
When Karen Russel's debut short story collection fell onto our collective psyches in 2006, it made some lasting alterations to the landscape of literature. A singularly weird and raucous vision. Come with us as we check in on it on its twentieth anniversary and reflect with it in conjunction with Shelburne Museum's exhibit of On…
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Philosophy Book Club: The Second Sex
This month our coterie of lay philosophers is tackling a classic work of feminist theory, Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex. Won't you join us? Copies available at the first-floor circulation desk.