Griffiths Leadership Society Book Club
Spring 2009 Book Club Selection
At the fall conference, each member in attendance received a copy of a book or CD written by keynote speaker Andrew McCrea. The selections included The Journey of Lewis and Clark, The Best of the American Countryside, Making Molehills Out of Mountains, The Man Who was President for a Day, God’s Perfect View and Where Does Lost Luggage Go? Regardless of the publication you received, please enjoy it and plan to spend some time at the spring conference revisiting these works with other members. To order a copy of one of Andrew’s books or CDs, please click here.
Fall 2008 Book Club Selection: The Bones of Garbo
Author Trudy Lewis is a fiction writer and faculty member at the University of Missouri, where she teaches creative writing and women’s literature. Lewis is a native Midwesterner and grew up in Bellevue, Nebraska. She is the author of several publications and received the William Goyen Award for Fiction for her first novel, Private Correspondences.
The Bones of Garbo, a collection of short stories, was praised as being funny and wonderfully written. Lewis received the Sandstone Prize in Short Fiction for the book. Lewis will be in attendance at the fall conference to lead the book club discussion, so you won’t want to miss out on her perspective!
The Association has a limited number of new copies available for purchase for $19.88 plus shipping. If you are interested in purchasing a copy, please click here to contact Carin Huffman Grinch. You may also find the book online.
At the fall conference, Lewis was on-hand to discuss her book and share insight into her writing process. She discussed Marijuana Tree, one of the short stories featured in The Bones of Garbo. Click on the link below to download Marijuana Tree. A copy of the selection was included in the fall conference materials.
Spring 2008 Book Club Selection Sparks Great Dialogue
Last spring, members enjoyed a treat with the new Griffiths book club. The first selection, The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle, provided an interesting look at topics very relevant in America today. The book was the 2006 Freshman Reading Program selection at Mizzou as well as the One Read for the city of Columbia.
If you missed the spring conference, click here to view the discussion guide. Catch up with a new book this summer and get ready for our fall meeting. The spring selection is The Bones of Garbo by MU professor Trudy Lewis. If you have questions or would like to suggest a book, please contact Ellie Miller or Tuck Van Dyne.