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"Coming to America" Book Club

This book club approaches American identity as an evolving and ongoing conversation, using fiction and non-fiction to explore questions of identity, assimilation, language, cuisine, generational change and other aspects of life in the United States.

February 16, 2022 5:30-6:30 pm CST Parachutes by Kelly Yang

March 16, 2022 5:30-6:30 pm CST Good Time Party Girl: The Notorious Life of Dirty Helen Cromwell 1886-1969 by Helen Cromwell with Robert Dougherty

April 20, 2022 5:30-6:30 pm CDT They Called Us Enemy by George Takei

May 18, 2022 5:30-6:30 pm CDT All the Rivers by Dorit Rabinyan

June 15, 2022 5:30-6:30 CDT The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukadar

July 20, 2022 5:30-6:30 CDT A Beginner's Guide to America by Roya Hakakian


Milwaukee Public Library expects all participants to maintain an atmosphere of respect. Anyone who violates this standard of behavior including engaging in any form of harassment or disruption to the event may be removed.