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2008-2009 Reading Selections

God Has a Dream: A Vision of Hope for Our Time, Desmond Tutu. New York: Doubleday, 2004.  Discussion Leader: Blake Fry, UWRF Chancellor's Office. October 1, 2008 Out Stealing Horses, Per Petterson. St. Paul: Graywolf Press, 2007. Discussion Leader: Marilyn Schuchman, River Falls Community Member. September 3, 2008 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon. New York: Vintage Contemporaries, 2004. Discussion Leader: Lisa Pillow, Chalmer Davee Library. November 5, 2008 Loving Frank by Nancy Horan. NY: Ballantine, 2007. Discussion Leader: Yvonne Wilken, Campus Minister of the Journey House Campus Ministry. December 3, 2008 Take Back Your Time: Fighting Overwork and Time Poverty in America by John De Graaf. San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler, 2003. Discussion Leader: Rellen Hardtke, UWRF Department of Physics. February 4, 2009 The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski. New York : Ecco, 2008. Discussion Leader: Sue Beckham, UW-Stout Dept. of English-Emerita. March 4, 2009 Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford. (New York : Crown, 2004) Discussion leader: Ed Rang, UWRF Dept. of Mathematics-Emeritus. April 1, 2009 Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry. Counterpoint, 2000. Discussion leader: Jim Delaplain, UWRF English - Emeritus. May 6, 2009

2007-2008 Reading Selections

Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky. Margaret Odegard (UWRF Dept. of English-Emerita) Sept. 12, 2007

Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut. Discussion leader: Marilyn Schuchman (River Falls Community Member) Oct. 10, 2007

The Periodic Table by Primo Levi. Discussion leader: Ed Rang (UWRF Dept. of Mathematics-Emeritus) Nov. 7, 2007

Earth Abides by George R. Stewart. Discussion Leader: Phil Olle-LaJoie (UWRF Publications) Dec. 5, 2007

The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri. Discussion leader: Maureen Olle-LaJoie (UWRF Library) Feb. 6, 2008

No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy. Discussion leader: Jim Delaplain (UWRF English - Emeritus) Mar. 5, 2008

Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith by Barbara Brown Taylor. Discussion Leader: Bill Montgomery (River Falls Community Member) Apr. 9, 2008

Persepolis by Marjane Satapi. Discussion leader: Ruth Wood (UWRF Department of English) May 7, 2008

2006-2007 Reading Selections

Dalva by Jim Harrison. Discussion leader: Tom Smisek (UW-RF Library) Sept. 13, 2006

On Beauty by Zadie Smith. Discussion leader: Dick Beckham (UW-RF Dept. of English-Emeritus) Oct. 11, 2006

Clear Springs:  A Family Story by Bobbie Ann Mason. Discussion leader: Sue Beckham (UW-Stout Dept. of English-Emerita) Nov. 8, 2006

A Short History of Myth by Karen Armstrong. Discussion leader: Ed Rang (UW-RF Dept. of Mathematics-Emeritus) Dec. 13, 2006

The Devil in the White City:  Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson. Discussion Leader: Lisa Pillow (UW-RF library) Feb. 14, 2007

Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner. Discussion leader: Marilyn Schuchman (Community Member) Mar.7, 2007

Teacher Man by Frank McCourt. Discussion leader: Margaret Odegard (UW-RF Dept. of English-Emerita) Apr. 11, 2007

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood. Discussion leader: Valerie Malzacher (Director, UW-RF Library) May 9, 2007

2005 Reading Selections

When the Emperor was Divine by Julie Otsuka Discussion leader: Valerie Malzacher (UW-RF Library Director) Feb. 9, 2005

Wicked by Gregory Maguire Discussion leader: Gail Armbrust & Julia Persico (UW-RF Dept of Outreach and Graduate Studies) Mar. 9, 2005

Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi Discussion leader: Margaret Odegard (UW-RF Dept of English - Emerita) Apr. 13, 2005

The Five Goodbyes: Mothering My Child with Down Syndrome Discussion leader: Pat Ferguson Hanson (UW-RF Dept of Speech Communication and Theatre Arts) May 11, 2005

2004 Reading Selections

I Could Tell You Stories by Patricia Hampl Discussion leader: Mary Marzolf (Community Member) February 11, 2004

The Secret History by Donna Tartt Terry Mannetter (UW-RF Dept. of Modern Language) March 10, 2004

The News About the News by Leonard Downie, Jr. and Robert G. Kaiser Discussion leader: Sandy Ellis (UW-RF Dept. of Journalism) April 14, 2004

The Potato by Larry Zuckerman Linda Nowak (UW-RF Library) May 12, 2004

The Professor and the Madman Discussion leader: Ed Rang (UW-RF Math - Emeritus) Sep. 8, 2004

ISHMAEL: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit by Daniel Quinn Discussion leader: Roger Ballou (UW-RF Dean for Student Development and Campus Diversity) Oct. 13, 2004

Life of Pi by Yann Martel Discussion leader: Suzanne Hagen (UW-RF Special Assistant to the Chancellor for Equity and Compliance) Nov. 10, 2004

The Flanders Panel by Arturo Perez-Reverte Discussion leader: Marilyn Schuchman (RF Community Member) Dec. 8, 2004

2003 Reading Selections

Mercy Among the Children by David Adams Discussion leader: Todd Digby (UW-RF Library) January 8, 2003

In the Name of Salome by Julia Alvarez Discussion leader: Carmen Croonquist (UW-RF Career Services) February 12, 2003

Are You Somebody? The Accidental Memoir of a Dublin Woman by Nuala O'Faolain Discussion leader: Pat Hanson (UW-RF Department of Speech, Communication and Theatre Arts) March 12, 2003

Another Beauty by Adam Zagajewski Discussion leader: Magdalena Pala (UW-RF Department of Chemistry) April 9, 2003

Solar Storms by Linda Hogan Discussion leader: Mary Manke (UW-RF Education and Professional Studies) May 14, 2003

Death of Vishnu by Manil Suri Discussion leader: Ed Rang (Dept. of Math -Emeritus) Sept. 10, 2003

A World Lit Only by Fire by William Raymond Manchesteri Discussion leader: Ian Williams (UW-RF Dept. of Plant and Earth Science) October 8, 2003

Founding Brothers by Joseph J. Ellis Discussion leaders: Tracey Gladstone-Sovell (Dept. of Political Science) & Kurt Leichtle (UW-RF Dept. of History and Philosophy) November 12, 2003

Spring Moon by Bette Bao Lord Discussion leader: Leslie Bleskachek (UWRF Television Services Dept.) December 10, 2003

2002 Reading Selections

Consider This, Senora by Harriet Doerr Discussion leader: Curt Le May (UWRF Library) January 9, 2002

Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane Discussion leader: Al Larson (UWRF Facilities Management) February 13, 2002

Drinking the Rain: A Memoir by Alix K. Shulman Discussion leader: Davida Alperin UWRF Political Science) March 13, 2002

Dreams of my Russian Summers by Andrei Makine Discussion leader: Jim Delaplain (UWRF English - Emeritus) April 10, 2002

Hidden in Plain View : A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad by Jacqueline L. Tobin, Raymond G. Dobard Ph.D., Maude Southwell Wahlman, Cuesta Benberry Discussion leader: Emily Ronning (UWRF Leadership Center) May 8, 2002

The Fishermen by Hans Kirk Discussion leader: Bernie Brohaugh (UWRF Department of English) September 11, 2002

The Son of Laughter by Frederick Buechner Discussion leader: Tom Weiss (UWRF Purchasing Services/Newman Center) October 9, 2002

Wanderlust: A History of Walking by Rebecca Solnit Discussion leader: Brian Copp (UWRF Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice) November 13, 2002

Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz Discussion leader: Charles Rader UWRF (Department of Geography and Mapping Sciences) December 11, 2002

2001 Reading Selections

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy Discussion leader: Kathy Tomlinson (UWRF Dept. of Mathematics) January 10th, 2001

I Served the King of England by Bohumil Hrabal Discussion leader: Marshall Toman (UWRF Dept. of English) February 14, 2001

In Country by Bobbie Ann Mason Discussion leader: Curt LeMay (UWRF Chalmer Davee Library) March 14, 2001

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood Discussion leader: Ruth Wood (UWRF Dept. of English) April 11, 2001

Waiting by Ha Jin Discussion leader: Carl Gao (UWRF Dept of English/English as a Second Language) May 9, 2001

Cuba by Stephen Coonts Discussion leader: Tony Jilek (UWRF Animal and Food Science) September 12, 2001

Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich Discussion leader: Margaret Odegard (UWRF English - Emeritus) October 10, 2001

Who Am I? by Yi-Fu Tuan Discussion leader: Mike Albert (UWRF Geography) November 14, 2001

Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner Discussion leader: Bill Campbell (UWRF Grants and Research) December 12, 2001

2000 Reading Selections

La Maravilla by Alfredo Vea Jr. Discussion leader: Michele McKnelly (UWRF Library) January 12, 2000

The Trickster and the Troll by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve Discussion leader: Dr. Betty Bergland (UWRF History and Women's Studies) February 9, 2000

Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina Garcia Discussion leader: Dr. Laura Zlogar (UWRF English) March 8, 2000

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum by Heinrich Boll Discussion leader: Monika Johansson (UWRF Modern Languages/German) April 12, 2000

A Civil Action by Jonathan Harr Discussion leader: Dr. Suzy Rogers (UWRF Political Science) May 10, 2000

A New Life by Bernard Malamud Discussion leader: Dave Wood (RF Community Member) September 13, 2000

The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx Discussion leader: Valerie Malzacher (UWRF Chalmer Davee Library) October 11, 2000

The Farming of Bones by Edwidge Danticat Discussion leader: Lisa White (UW-RF Academic Success Center) November 8, 2000

Planet of the Blind: A Memoir by Stephen Kuusisto Discussion leader: Mary Manke (UWRF College of Education and Graduate Studies) December 13, 2000

1999 Reading Selections

Montana 1948 by Larry Watson Discussion leader: Curt LeMay (UWRF Library) January 13, 1999

I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem by Maryse Conde Discussion leader: Dr. Sandra Soares (Modern Languages/French) February 10, 1999

Frida Kahlo by Malka Drucker Discussion leader: Linda Alvarez (UWRF Multicultural Services/Academic Success Center) March 10, 1999

Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman Discussion leader: Dr. Jennifer Borup (UWRF Social Work) April 14, 1999

Beloved by Toni Morrison Discussion leader: Dr. Margarita Hendrickson (UW-RF Modern Languages/Spanish) May 12, 1999

House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende Discussion leader: Dr. Cecilia Bustamante UW-RF Modern Languages/Spanish) September 8, 1999

Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver Discussion leader: Dr. Glenda Morris (UW-RF Equity and Compliance) October 13, 1999

Paradise of the Blind by Duong Thu Huong Discussion leader: Dr. Nicholas J. Karolides and Dr. Terry Brown (UW-RF English Dept.) November 10, 1999

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks Discussion leader: Dr. Ed Rang (UW-RF Mathematics Emeritus) December 8, 1999

1998 Reading Selections

Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt Discussion leader: Margaret Odegard (UW-RF English) January 14, 1998

Dead Man Walking by Helen Prejean Discussion leader: Dr. Nancy Parlin (UW-RF Sociology) Feburary 11, 1998

When I was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago Discussion leader: Dr. Jose Vega (UW-RF Teacher Education) March 11, 1998

Mama Day by Gloria Naylor Discussion leader: Dr. Jenny Brantley (UW-RF English) April 8, 1998

Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood Discussion leader: Valerie Malzacher (UW-RF Library) May 13, 1998

Butterfly in the Wind by Lakshmi Persaud Discussion leaders: Dr. James Pratt (UW-RF Speech Communication & Theatre Arts) and Ila June Brown-Pratt (UW-RF Music) September 9, 1998

Prayers for Bobby by LeRoy Aarons Dr. Discussion leader: Judy Emmett (UW-RF Counseling and School Psychology) October 14, 1998

Girl Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen Discussion leader: Dr. Lynn Jermal (UW-RF Art) November 11, 1998

Refuge by Terry Tempest Williams Discussion leader: Dr. Larry Harred (UW-RF English) December 9, 1998