Book Discussion: The Lantern of Lost Memories
by Sanaka Hiiragi About the Book: The Lantern of Lost Memories tells the story of Mr. Hirasaki’s magical photo studio, a gateway to the afterlife where the departed revisit their…
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Book Discussion: Felon: Poems by Reginald Dwayne Betts
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United StatesReginald Dwayne Betts tackles the complexities of life after incarceration through powerful poetry. Navigating themes of redemption, fatherhood, and identity, his poems offer a deeply personal reflection on justice, hope,…
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Book Discussion: Everything She Touched: The Life of Ruth Asawa by Marilyn Chase
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United StatesThis biography of Japanese American artist Ruth Asawa traces her journey from internment camps during WWII to becoming a renowned sculptor. The book explores her resilience, innovative wire sculptures, and…
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Book Discussion: My Friends by Fredrik Backman
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United StatesAspiring artist Louisa becomes enchanted by three figures nestled in the corner of a famous painting. Intrigued, she embarks on a cross-country journey to uncover their story. Twenty-five years earlier,…
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Book Discussion: Kicks: The Great American Story of Sneakers by Nicholas Smith
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United StatesAuthor Nicholas Smith examines the history, innovation, and societal impact of sneakers in American life through marketing, economic, and cultural trends. Smith weaves together a story of how the sneaker…
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Book Discussion: Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United StatesAlabama, 1973. When nurse Civil Townsend begins work at the Montgomery Family Planning Clinic, her goal is to care for her African American community. Among her patients are two poor,…
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Book Discussion: Mona’s Eyes by Thomas Schlesser
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United StatesWhen ten year old Mona experiences a sudden, brief loss of sight, her grandfather Henry decides to give her a gallery of artworks to visit in her mind as she…
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Book Discussion: Sneaker Marauders: Poems by Ran Walker and Van G. Garrett
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United StatesThis short collaboration celebrates sneaker culture through poetry. Consisting of two parts, part one is a micro saga-in verse about a quest to find sneakers but yields an even great…
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Book Discussion: Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner by Natalie Dysktra
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United StatesAuthor Natalie Dykstra recounts the story of Isabella Stewart Gardner's extraordinary life in this moving and illuminating biography. A Boston socialite, Gardner lived a life full of passion but one…
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Book Discussion: Learning to See by Elise Hooper
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United StatesElise Hooper's biography of Dorothea Lange follows her life from early successes running a portrait studio in San Francisco to her Depression-era work documenting America's suffering and injustice. As she…
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Book Discussion: In Open Contempt: Confronting White Supremacy in Art and Public Space by Irvin Weathersby Jr.
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United StatesBlending memoir, cultural criticism, and history, author Irvin Weathersby Jr. challenges readers to examine American history and imagine more inclusive ways of honoring the past. The author intertwines the threads…
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Book Discussion: Harlem Rhapsody by Victoria Christopher Murray
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United StatesHarlem Rhapsody follows Jessie Redmon Fauset, the literary editor of The Crisis magazine, as she helps ignite the Harlem Renaissance while navigating a secret affair with W.E.B. Du Bois. As…