Introducing…

Experiencing America

A new collection of adult and young adult nonfiction book discussion sets available to borrow free from the Middletown Library Service Center.

What does it mean to live in America now?

What does America look like?

How did we get to be who and where we are?

Let’s talk about our lives in America today.

Experiencing America offers perspectives and voices that are intentionally human-centered explorations of identities and systems impacting contemporary America, the one we are all currently living with and within. 

Our hope is that these books and supporting resources will help people understand themselves, their neighbors, and their communities through shared reading and informed conversation. The sets of 12+ copies are designed to be easily borrowable by libraries for local book discussion groups.

· Learn more on the Experiencing America LibGuide.

· Reserve an Experiencing America Book Discussion Set.

(And stay tuned - more titles will be added soon!)

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Experiencing America Panel Discussion

Tuesday, March 7 | 2-3:30 pm

Register

Join us for this special event to learn more about the book sets and supporting resources and to hear from a panel of expert book discussion leaders who have used these and similar titles with their patrons. The panelists will share tips for managing book clubs, picking books, creating discussion questions, facilitating difficult conversations, and lessons learned. There will be plenty of time for questions from attendees.

Featuring:

· Christy Billings, Russell Library

· Caitlyn Orlomoski, Saxton B. Little Free Library  

· Megan Quigley, Saxton B. Little Free Library

· Rachel Tonucci, Bloomfield Public Library

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