Luann Dummer
Center for Women

Past Book Discussions

Oct 19 2021
October Book Circle

Tuesday, October 19, 2021, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Missing and Murdered podcast by Connie Walker Read More

Sep 16 2021
September Book Circle

Thursday, September 16, 2021, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

The Carrying by Ada Limón Read More

May 26 2021
May Book Circle: Unbowed

Wednesday, May 26, 2021, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

by Wangari Muta Maathai Read More

Apr 28 2021
April Book Circle: Trace

Wednesday, April 28, 2021, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

by Lauret Savoy Read More

Mar 24 2021
March Book Circle: Weather

Wednesday, March 24, 2021, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

by Jenny Offill Read More

Feb 24 2021
February Book Circle: Braiding Sweetgrass

Wednesday, February 24, 2021, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

by Women's History Month Speaker Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer Read More

Nov 11 2020
November Book Circle

Wednesday, November 11, 2020, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Original Local: Indigenous Foods, Stories, and Recipes from the Upper Midwest by Heid E. Erdrich Read More

Oct 28 2020
October Book Circle

Wednesday, October 28, 2020, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie Diaz and Ledger by Jane Hirshfield Read More

Sep 30 2020
September Book Circle

Wednesday, September 30, 2020, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein Read More

Aug 26 2020
August Book Circle

Wednesday, August 26, 2020, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza Read More

Jul 29 2020
July Book Circle

Wednesday, July 29, 2020, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison Read More

Jun 24 2020
June Book Circle

Wednesday, June 24, 2020, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson Read More

May 13 2020
May Book Circle

Wednesday, May 13, 2020, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Whereas by Layli Long Soldier Read More

Apr 29 2020
April Book Circle via Zoom

Wednesday, April 29, 2020, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Too Much and Not the Mood by Durga Chew-Bose Read More

Mar 18 2020
March Book Circle: Canceled

Wednesday, March 18, 2020, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

The Latehomecomer by Kao Kalia Yang Read More

Feb 26 2020
February Book Circle

Wednesday, February 26, 2020, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

How We Fight White Supremacy: Excerpt by 2020 Women's History Month Speaker Tarana Burke Read More

Jan 29 2020
January Book Circle

Wednesday, January 29, 2020, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

The White Card: A Play Read More

Dec 18 2019
December Book Circle

Wednesday, December 18, 2019, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Essay Selections Read More

Nov 22 2019
November Book Circle

Friday, November 22, 2019, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat Read More

Oct 30 2019
October Book Circle

Wednesday, October 30, 2019, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

"Make Your Home Among Strangers" by Jennine Capo Crucet Read More

Sep 25 2019
September Book Circle

Wednesday, September 25, 2019, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera Read More

Aug 28 2019
August Book Circle

Wednesday, August 28, 2019, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

West with the Night by Beryl Markham Read More

Jul 31 2019
July Book Circle

Wednesday, July 31, 2019, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Blanche on the Lam by Barbara Neely Read More

Jun 26 2019
June Book Circle

Wednesday, June 26, 2019, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Daughter of Ireland by Juilene Osborne-McKnight Read More

May 29 2019
May Book Circle

Wednesday, May 29, 2019, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi Read More

Apr 24 2019
April Book Circle

Wednesday, April 24, 2019, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Wanderlust: A History of Walking by Rebecca Solnit Read More

Mar 27 2019
March Book Circle

Wednesday, March 27, 2019, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar Read More

Feb 27 2019
February Book Circle

Wednesday, February 27, 2019, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

No Horizon is So Far (2009) by Ann Bancroft and Liv Arnesen Read More

Feb 19 2019
February Book Circle (Bonus)

Tuesday, February 19, 2019, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

No Horizon is So Far (2009) by Ann Bancroft and Liv Arnesen Read More

Jan 30 2019
CANCELED: January Book Circle

Wednesday, January 30, 2019, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Due to dangerously cold temperatures, January Book Circle will be rescheduled for another date. Stay tuned for more details! Read More

Nov 28 2018
November Book Circle

Wednesday, November 28, 2018, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Soldier Girls: The Battles of Three Women at Home and at War (2014) by Helen Thorpe Read More

Oct 31 2018
October Book Circle

Wednesday, October 31, 2018, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Frankenstein (1818) by Mary Shelley Read More

Sep 26 2018
September Book Circle

Wednesday, September 26, 2018, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud: The Rise & Reign of the Unruly Woman (2017) by Anne Helen Petersen Read More

Aug 29 2018
August Book Circle & Potluck| <em>A Living Label: An Inspirational Memoir & Guide</em>

Wednesday, August 29, 2018, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Bukola Oriola (2016) Read More

Jul 25 2018
July Book Circle

Wednesday, July 25, 2018, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

The Meaning of Freedom and Other Difficult Dialogues (2012) by Angela Davis Read More

Jun 27 2018
June Book Circle | <em>Animal’s People: A Novel</em>

Wednesday, June 27, 2018, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Indra Sinha (2007) Read More

May 30 2018
May Book Circle | <em>Class Action: The Story of Lois Jenson and the Landmark Case that Changed Sexual Harassment Law</em>

Wednesday, May 30, 2018, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Clara Bingham (2002) Read More

Apr 25 2018
April Book Circle | <em>Women and Economics</em>

Wednesday, April 25, 2018, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1898) Read More

Mar 21 2018
March Book Club | <em>Mean Spirit</em>

Wednesday, March 21, 2018, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Linda Hogan (1991) Read More

Feb 28 2018
February Book Circle | <em>It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War</em>

Wednesday, February 28, 2018, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Wednesday, February 28th 12-1 pm

Written by Lynsey Addario (2015) Read More

Jan 31 2018
January Book Circle | <em>Girls Like Us: Fighting for a World Where Girls Are Not for Sale</em>

Wednesday, January 31, 2018, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Rachel Lloyd (2011) Read More

Nov 29 2017
November Book Club | <em>Who Cooked Adam Smith's Dinner?: A Story About Women and Economics</em>

Wednesday, November 29, 2017, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Katrine Marcal (2015) Read More

Oct 25 2017
October Book Club | <em>Homegoing</em>

Wednesday, October 25, 2017, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Yaa Gyasi (2016) Read More

Sep 27 2017
September Book Club | <em>A Room of One's Own</em>

Wednesday, September 27, 2017, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Virginia Woolf (1929) Read More

Aug 30 2017
August Book Club

Wednesday, August 30, 2017, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

“My Life in France” Read More

Aug 30 2017
August Book Club | <em>My Life in France</em>

Wednesday, August 30, 2017, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Julia Child and Alex Prud’homme (2007) Read More

Jul 26 2017
July Book Club | Lab Girl

Wednesday, July 26, 2017, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Hope Jahren (2016) Read More

Jun 28 2017
June Book Club | Yes Please

Wednesday, June 28, 2017, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Amy Poehler (2015) Read More

May 31 2017
May Book Club | <em>All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation</em>

Wednesday, May 31, 2017, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Rebecca Traister (2016) Read More

Apr 26 2017
April Book Club | <em>Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley</em>

Wednesday, April 26, 2017, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Charlotte Gordon (2016) Read More

Mar 29 2017
March Book Club | <em>Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley</em>

Wednesday, March 29, 2017, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Charlotte Gordon (2016) Read More

Feb 22 2017
February Book Club | <em>I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood</em>

Wednesday, February 22, 2017, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Malala Yousafzai (Author), Christina Lamb (Contributor) (2015) Read More

Jan 25 2017
January Book Club | <em>All About Love: New Visions</em>

Wednesday, January 25, 2017, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by bell hooks (2001) Read More

Nov 30 2016
November Book Club | <em>We Should All Be Feminists</em>

Wednesday, November 30, 2016, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2015) Read More

Oct 26 2016
October Book Club | <em>My Life on the Road</em>

Wednesday, October 26, 2016, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Gloria Steinem (2015) Read More

Sep 28 2016

Wednesday, September 28, 2016, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Emily St. John Mandel Read More

Sep 28 2016
September Book Club | <em>Station Eleven</em>

Wednesday, September 28, 2016, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Emily St. John Mandel (2014) Read More

Aug 31 2016
August Book Club | <em>Nemesis: A Miss Marple Mystery</em>

Wednesday, August 31, 2016, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Agatha Christie (1971) Read More

Jul 27 2016
July Book Club | <em>Esther</em>

Wednesday, July 27, 2016, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Rebecca Kanner (2015) Read More

Jun 29 2016
June Book Club | <em>The Scarlet Sisters: Sex, Suffrage, and Scandal in the Gilded Age</em>

Wednesday, June 29, 2016, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Myra MacPherson (2014) Read More

May 25 2016
May Book Club | <em>The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist </em>

Wednesday, May 25, 2016, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Dorothy Day (2009) Read More

Apr 27 2016
April Book Club | <em>Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout</em>

Wednesday, April 27, 2016, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Lauren Redniss (2010) Read More

Mar 30 2016
March Book Club | <em>Her Honor: Rosalie Wahl and the Minnesota Women’s Movement</em>

Wednesday, March 30, 2016, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Written by Lori Sturdevant (2014) Read More

Feb 24 2016
February Book Club Discussion | <em>Sisters in Law: How Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World</em>

Wednesday, February 24, 2016, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM February 23, 2016 from Noon - 1 and February 24, 2016 from Noon - 1.

Written by Linda Hirshman (2015) Read More

Jan 27 2016
January Book Club | <em>Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography</em>

Wednesday, January 27, 2016, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Laura Ingalls Wilder (2014) Read More

Nov 25 2015
November Book Club | <em>The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse</em>

Wednesday, November 25, 2015, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Louise Erdrich (2001) Read More

Oct 21 2015
October Book Club | <em>Ada’s Algorithm: How Lord Byron’s Daughter Ada Lovelace Launched the Digital Age</em>

Wednesday, October 21, 2015, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by James Essinger (2014) Read More

Sep 23 2015
September Book Club | <em>Their Eyes Were Watching God</em>

Wednesday, September 23, 2015, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Zora Neale Hurston (1937) Read More

Aug 26 2015
August Book Club | <em>My Year of Meats</em>

Wednesday, August 26, 2015, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Ruth Ozeki (1998) Read More

Jul 29 2015
July Book Club | <em>The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History</em>

Wednesday, July 29, 2015, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Elizabeth Kolbert (2014) Read More

Jun 25 2015
June Book Club | <em>Destroyer Angel</em>

Thursday, June 25, 2015, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Nevada Barr (2014) Read More

May 27 2015
May Book Club | <em>Sacred Wilderness</em>

Wednesday, May 27, 2015, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Susan Power (2014) Read More

Apr 29 2015
April Book Club | <em>Flight Behavior</em>

Wednesday, April 29, 2015, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Barbara Kingsolver (2012) Read More

Mar 25 2015
March Book Club | <em>Flight Behavior</em>

Wednesday, March 25, 2015, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Barbara Kingsolver (2012) Read More

Feb 25 2015
February Book Club | <em>All Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life</em>

Wednesday, February 25, 2015, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Winona LaDuke (1999) Read More

Jan 28 2015
January Book Club | <em>Wild</em>

Wednesday, January 28, 2015, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Cheryl Strayed (2012) Read More

Nov 26 2014
November Book Club Discussion | <em>Parable of the Sower</em>

Wednesday, November 26, 2014, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Octavia E. Butler (1993) Read More

Oct 29 2014
October Book Club | <em>Harvest for Hope</em>

Wednesday, October 29, 2014, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Jane Goodall (2005) Read More

Sep 24 2014
September Book Club | Silent Spring

Wednesday, September 24, 2014, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Rachel Carson (1962) Read More

Aug 27 2014
August Book Club | <em>Forever Ours</em>

Wednesday, August 27, 2014, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Janis Amatuzio, M.D. (2007) Read More

Jul 30 2014
July Book Club | Are You My Mother?

Wednesday, July 30, 2014, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Alison Bechdel (2012) Read More

Jun 25 2014
June Book Club | <em>We Need New Names</em>

Wednesday, June 25, 2014, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by NoViolet Bulawayo (2013) Read More

May 28 2014
May Book Club | <em>My Beloved World</em>

Wednesday, May 28, 2014, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Sonya Sotomyor (2013) Read More

Apr 30 2014
April Book Club | <em>A Tale for the Time Being</em>

Wednesday, April 30, 2014, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Ruth Ozeki (2013) Read More

Mar 19 2014
March Book Club | <em>Cairo: My City, Our Revolution</em>

Wednesday, March 19, 2014, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Ahdaf Soueif (2011) Read More

Feb 25 2014
February Book Club | <em>My Prison, My Home</em>

Tuesday, February 25, 2014, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Haleh Esfandiari (2009) Read More

Jan 29 2014
January Book Club | <em>Between Two Worlds</em>

Wednesday, January 29, 2014, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Roxana Saberi (2010) Read More

Nov 27 2013
November Book Club | <em>In the Time of Butterflies</em>

Wednesday, November 27, 2013, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Julia Alvarez (1994) Read More

Oct 30 2013
October Book Club | <em>Illuminations: A Novel of Hildegard von Bingen</em>

Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Mary Sharratt (2012) Read More

Sep 25 2013
September Book Club | <em>Three Strong Women:</em>

Wednesday, September 25, 2013, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Marie NDiaye (2009) Read More

Aug 28 2013
August Book Club | <em>The Tale of Halcyon Crane</em>

Wednesday, August 28, 2013, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Wendy Webb (2010) Read More

Jul 31 2013
July Book Club | <em>The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax</em>

Wednesday, July 31, 2013, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Dorothy Gilman (1970) Read More

Jun 26 2013
June Book Club | <em>The Book of Killowen</em>

Wednesday, June 26, 2013, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Erin Hart (2013) Read More

May 29 2013
May Book Club | <em>J is for Judgment</em>

Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Sue Grafton (1993) Read More

Apr 24 2013
April Book Club | <em>Shunning Sarah</em>

Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Julie Kramer (2012) Read More

Mar 20 2013
March Book Club | <em>The New Jim Crow</em>

Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Michelle Alexander (2010) Read More

Feb 27 2013
February Book Club | <em>Body Work</em>

Wednesday, February 27, 2013, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Sara Paretsky (2010) Read More

Jan 30 2013
January Book Club | <em>Hardball</em>

Wednesday, January 30, 2013, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Sara Paretsky (2009) Read More

Nov 28 2012
November Book Club | <em>City of Veils</em>

Wednesday, November 28, 2012, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Zoë Ferraris (2010) Read More

Oct 31 2012
October Book Club | <em>The Murder at the Vicarage</em>

Wednesday, October 31, 2012, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Agatha Christie (1930) Read More

Sep 26 2012
September Book Club | <em>The Mystery of the 99 Steps</em>

Wednesday, September 26, 2012, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Carolyn Keene (1961) Read More

May 30 2012
May Book Club | <em>The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse</em>

Wednesday, May 30, 2012, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Louise Erdrich (2001) Read More

Apr 25 2012
April Book Club | <em>Joys of Motherhood</em>

Wednesday, April 25, 2012, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Buchi Emecheta (1980) Read More

Mar 28 2012
March Book Club | <em>Tropic of Orange</em>

Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Karen Tei Yamashita (1997) Read More

Feb 29 2012
January Book Club | <em> Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide</em>

Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Sheryl WuDunn and Nicolas Kristof (2008) Read More

Jan 25 2012
January Book Club | <em>Jane Eyre</em>

Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Charlotte Brontë (1847) Read More

Nov 30 2011
November Book Club | <em>Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood</em>

Wednesday, November 30, 2011, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Fatima Mernissi (1995) Read More

Oct 26 2011
October Book Club | <em>The God of Small Things</em>

Wednesday, October 26, 2011, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by Arundhati Roy (2008) Read More

Sep 28 2011
September Book Club | <em>Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows</em>

Wednesday, September 28, 2011, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Written by J. K. Rowling (2007) Read More