Veterans Book Club

January 5 – May 3 (Sundays) – Veterans Book Club, 1st Sundays from 1 – 3 pm

Howard County Library System –  Central Branch 10375 Little Patuxent Pkwy, Columbia, MD. Registration required.

Veterans, both active and retired military, are invited to this free lunch and discussion series. During five monthly facilitated sessions, discussions center on military experiences and a unique set of readings, which may include classics, fiction, memoirs, poetry, short stories, articles, and essays.  The readings relate in some way to military experiences or offer a veteran’s perspective. Participants are encouraged to attend all sessions. Registration is open to Veterans only, please.

Lunch and all reading materials are provided.

Call HCLS Central Branch (410.313.7800) or email elizabeth.haynes@hclibrary.org for more information and to register.

Space is limited. Veterans Book Group is coordinated statewide by Maryland Humanities

 

Reading Selections

January 5, 2020 – Selected stories from O-Dark-Thirty: The Literary Journal of the Veterans Writing Project

February 2, 2020 – When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II by Molly Guptill Manning

March 1, 2020 – “The Things She Carried” by Cara Hoffman, Love My Rifle More Than You: Young and Female in the U.S. Army by Kayla Williams

April 5, 2020 – No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama Bin Laden by Mark Owen

May 3, 2020 – Bringing Vincent Home by Madeleine Mysko