- Book Clubs & Groups
Read Against The Machine Book Club
In partnership with the OutCenter of Southwest Michigan,
St. Joseph/ Maud Preston Palenske Memorial Library is proud
to offer this new book club for all interested in reading and
discussing books about social justice, LGBTQ+ topics, and
other minority stories.
All RATM Book Club meetings are to be held on the 3rd Tuesday of each month.
See our book list and dates below:
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| Book Title | Author | Meeting Date |
|
Hola Papi
|
John Paul Brammer | June 17th |
|
Last Night at the Telegraph Club
|
Malinda Lo | July 15th |
|
How Dare the Sun Rise
|
Sandra Uwringiyimana | August 19th |
|
Poverty, by America
|
Matthew Desmond | September 16th |
|
Kindred
|
Octavia E. Butler | October 21st |
|
Pageboy
|
Elliot Page | November 18th |
|
Another Country
|
James Baldwin | December 16th |
Upcoming Titles For 2026:
|
Book Title |
Author |
Meeting Date |
|---|---|---|
|
Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books |
Kirsten Miller | January 20th |
|
Jesus and John Wayne |
Kristin Kobes Du Mez |
February 17th |
|
Everything is Tuberculosis |
John Green | March 17th |
|
Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant |
Curtis Chin |
April 21st |
|
How to Stand Up to a Dictator |
Maria Ressa | May 19th |
|
Juliet Takes a Breath |
Gabby Rivera | June 16th |
|
Braiding Sweetgrass |
Robin Wall Kimmerer | July 21st |
|
Why Be Happy When You Could be Normal? |
Jeanette Winterson | August 18th |
|
Medicare for All |
Abdul El-Sayed & Micah Johnson |
September 15th |
|
Difficult Women |
Roxane Gay | October 20th |
|
An Indigenous People's History of the United States |
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz | November 17th |
|
Born a Crime |
Trevor Noah | December 15th |
