<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpe2d5f767yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.32px;"><span style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: serif; letter-spacing: -0.32px;">O</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: serif; letter-spacing: -0.02em;">ur book for February (Black History Month) is </span><span style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: serif; letter-spacing: -0.02em;"><i>James</i> by Percival Everett. </span><span style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: serif; letter-spacing: -0.02em;">The discussion will take place on Saturday, February 21 at 2:30 pm at the Wilson Branch of the New Haven Free Public Library, located at 303 Washington Ave., New Haven.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.32px;"><span style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: serif; letter-spacing: -0.02em;"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.32px;"><div style="text-align: center;" dir="" data-setdir="true"><img title="Inline image" alt="Inline image" src="cid:fd657193-6721-ae57-8f8e-2e0e568bdf72@yahoo.com" class="yahoo-inline-image" draggable="false" style="letter-spacing: -0.32px; max-width: 400px; width: 50%;" data-id="<fd657193-6721-ae57-8f8e-2e0e568bdf72@yahoo.com>"></div><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.32px;"><span style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: serif; letter-spacing: -0.02em;">From Amazon:</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.32px;"><div dir="ltr" style="letter-spacing: -0.32px; color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: serif;"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div>When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father, recently returned to town. As all readers of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and too-often-unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond.</div><div><br></div><div>While many narrative set pieces of <i>The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn</i> remain in place (floods and storms, stumbling across both unexpected death and unexpected treasure in the myriad stopping points along the river’s banks, encountering the scam artists posing as the Duke and Dauphin…) Jim’s agency, intelligence and compassion are shown in a radically new light.</div><div><br></div><div>"[A] sly response to <i>The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn</i>…What’s most striking, ultimately, is the way <i>James</i> both honors and interrogates <i>Huck Finn,</i> along with the nation that reveres it.” – <i>The Washington Post</i></div><div><br></div><div><b>Supplementary Reading:</b> <i>The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn</i> by Mark Twain</div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><span style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;">Hope to see you on the 21st,</span></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="letter-spacing: -0.32px; color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;"><div dir="ltr">Kevin (& Paula)</div><div><br style="letter-spacing: -0.32px;"></div></span></div></div></div><br></div></div></body></html>