Banned Book Club (Virtual)

Program Type:

Literature

Age Group:

Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults

Event Details

Please join other book loving community members for the monthly meeting of the Banned Book Club.  We read and discuss banned and challenged classics and other thought-provoking titles.  Everyone is welcome!

Starting at 6:30pm PDT we’ll have log-in and a little social time for the first 10 minutes or so.

The virtual meeting information, including the link, meeting ID, and password, will be provided on the day of the meeting.  

January selected title: Gilgamesh, an epic from ancient Mesopotamia that has been called “mankind’s first story.” Based on the life of Gilgamesh, King of Uruk, the epic was first written down in the now extinct Akkadian language on clay tablets in cuneiform by the Sumerians about 2100 BCE. Themes include life, death, friendship, immortality. Read any edition, in verse or prose. Optional extra: read beginning of book of Genesis in the Bible, with parallels to Gilgamesh, such as the tale of Utnapishtim and his ark.

Accessibility

Need disability-related modifications or accommodations? Information and program content can be made available in alternative formats upon request by emailing RACooper@sandiego.gov.