We are pleased to be launching City of Asylum Book Club!

The theme of the book club is exploring new voices from around the world.  We will meet monthly at City of Asylum Bookstore at Alphabet City. All meetings begin at 6pm. Please contact our volunteer book club coordinator, Laura McGaha, for more information: lauramcgaha@gmail.com

• April 24th: Exit West by Moshin Hamid
• May 22nd: Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
• June 26th: Disoriental by Negar Djavadi
• July 24th: Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi
• August 28th: In the Distance by Hernan Diaz
• September 25th: Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
• October 23rd: Mirror Shoulder Signal by Dorthe Nors
• November: Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America
• January: Zama by Antonio Di Benedetto
• February 2019: Far Away Brothers: Two Young Brothers and the Making of an American Life by Lauren Markham
• March 2019: Chemistry by Weike Wang