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Sat, Sep 19, 2026, 2:00 PM–4:00 PM
Picture it: Paris, 1947. A love triangle that consists of a bourgeois French Jewish girl newly awakened to political commitment, an aspiring architect descended from the rulers of Dahomey, and a charming Black American GI. They meet in the post-war capital’s increasingly fraught, increasingly cosmopolitan stir. Things get complicated. David Wright Faladé’s latest novel The New Internationals is the circle’s September selection. Find out more about the special event he joins us for earlier that day here . Inspired by the Book Review and Lecture Forum during the early years of the historic Hall Branch library, Harsh Readers Circle meets the third Saturday of every month (excluding December) in the Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection at the Woodson Regional Library. The circle is a book club devoted to reading and discussing Black literature, fiction and non-fiction. The circle is fully hybrid through Zoom. Please register for the Zoom meetings if you’d like to join the discussion remotely. Accessibility Need sign language interpretation or other accessibility assistance for this event? Please call (312) 747-8184 or email access@chipublib.org to request accommodations. Requests must be made at least 14 business days before the event.
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