For spring term, the Sorum Book Club has chosen books that are paired with a film and a Proctor's show. Club participants will read the books over spring break and then discuss them over dinner before the accompanying event.
“Watchman,” by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, is a graphic novel that has been called "the best work of popular fiction ever written" (The New York Times). The book discussion will be followed by a night at the movie.
Paula Poundstone's autobiography, “There’s Nothing in This Book That I Meant to Say,” has been called a “hilarious and sometimes exhausting stream-of-consciousness confessional." (Amazon). It features biographies of legendary historical figures, including Abraham Lincoln, Helen Keller and Joan of Arc, that Poundstone uses as a springboard to tell her own story. Poundstone will give a one-woman show at Proctors Friday, May 1.
Tickets for the movie are free; the show is $10. Books are each $5. To participate, contact Professor Suzanne Benack at benacks@union.edu.