Black Americans, Jewish Americans Book Club - Session One
The Human Stain by Philip Roth - Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Passing by Nella Larsen - Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Professor Donavan Ramon will guide participants in a discussion of key points and themes in each book as well as comparisons between the two novels. The discussion on June 5th will focus on The Human Stain by Phillip Roth. The second session on June 26th will focus on Passing by Nella Larsen.
Please plan to read the books in advance of the sessions.
Presented in partnership with the New Brunswick Free Public Library, the New Brunswick
African American Heritage Committee, and the Rutgers New Brunswick Libraries
Presented in conjunction with an interdisciplinary symposium, “Black Americans, Jewish Americans: Historical Intersections, Collisions, and Passings,” and made possible by a grant from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities
Learn more about the symposium here.