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SUMMARY:Book Club: Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
DESCRIPTION:NOMA’s book club meets monthly to discuss fiction and non-fiction books related to art in the museum’s collection and exhibitions. \nThis month’s book club selection is Half of a Yellow Sun\, a tremendously evocative novel of the promise\, hope\, and disappointment of the Biafran war. \nRegister Now \n\nAbout NOMA’s Book Club\nNOMA’s book club is an informal group open to anyone on a month-to-month basis. You do not have to attend every meeting or read every book to participate. In addition to monthly book discussions\, the book club meets periodically for curatorial programs related to the book selections.  \nBooks are selected in advance and planned according to the museum’s exhibition schedule. Participants are expected to procure their own copy of the titles. Selections are also available at the NOMA Museum Shop\, where museum members receive a 10% discount. \nMeetings are held in person or via Zoom. All meetings begin at 12 pm. For more information or questions\, please email programs@noma.org. \n\nAbout the Book\nHalf of a Yellow Sun\nNATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST • From the award-winning\, bestselling author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists—a haunting story of love and war. • Recipient of the Women’s Prize for Fiction “Winner of Winners” award. \nWith effortless grace\, celebrated author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie illuminates a seminal moment in modern African history: Biafra’s impassioned struggle to establish an independent republic in southeastern Nigeria during the late 1960s. We experience this tumultuous decade alongside five unforgettable characters: Ugwu\, a thirteen-year-old houseboy who works for Odenigbo\, a university professor full of revolutionary zeal; Olanna\, the professor’s beautiful young mistress who has abandoned her life in Lagos for a dusty town and her lover’s charm; and Richard\, a shy young Englishman infatuated with Olanna’s willful twin sister Kainene. \nHalf of a Yellow Sun is a tremendously evocative novel of the promise\, hope\, and disappointment of the Biafran war. \n-description from Alfred A. Knopf
URL:https://noma.org/event/book-club-half-of-a-yellow-sun-by-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/
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SUMMARY:Teen Book Club 2026
DESCRIPTION:NOMA’s Teen Book Club is a summer reading and discussion group for teens ages 13-18\, designed to build literary engagement and connect young people to the museum through storytelling\, culture\, and community.  \nTeen Book Club runs from May through August\, with book selections from May through July relating to art and teen interests. In August\, just in time for back to school season\, our Teen Book Club selection will be a book that is included on the Louisiana English Language Arts required reading list. \nTeen Book Club meetings will take place on Fridays from 1-2 pm. Participants can join in person in the Art Studio located on NOMA’s second floor\, or via Zoom. \nThis program is free for all participants. You must be between the ages of 13 and 18 to participate. Participants must bring their own copy of each month’s book. \nRegister for May 8’s Discussion \nRegister for June 12’s Discussion \nRegister for July 24’s Discussion \nRegister for August 7’s Discussion \n\nReading Selections and Meeting Dates\nFriday\, May 8: Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon\nA quick\, inspiring read that helps creators navigate the fine line between inspiration and imitation.  \nJune 12th: Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender \nAn empowering contemporary young adult romance about identity exploration\, unexpected connections\, and recognizing the love you deserve. \nJuly 24th: Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older \nThe first in the Shadowshaper Cypher series\, a 2015 American young adult urban fantasy novel that follows Sierra Santiago\, a Brooklyn graffiti artist who discovers her family uses art as a form of ancestral magic.  \nAugust 7th: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde\nJust in time for back-to-school\, this month’s book comes from the Louisiana English Language Arts required reading list. An 1890 philosophical fiction and Gothic horror novel about a handsome young man who becomes obsessed with his own beauty.
URL:https://noma.org/event/teen-book-club-2026/2026-05-08/
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SUMMARY:Book Club: Beyond Blue and White: The Hidden History of Delftware and the Women Behind the Iconic Ceramic by Genevieve Wheeler Brown
DESCRIPTION:NOMA’s book club meets monthly to discuss fiction and non-fiction books related to art in the museum’s collection and exhibitions. \nThis month’s book club selection is Beyond Blue and White: The Hidden History of Delftware and the Women Behind the Iconic Ceramic\, an absorbing work of cultural history by Genevieve Wheeler Brown that reveals the stories behind one of the world’s most coveted and beloved ceramic. \nRegister Now \n\nAbout NOMA’s Book Club\nNOMA’s book club is an informal group open to anyone on a month-to-month basis. You do not have to attend every meeting or read every book to participate. In addition to monthly book discussions\, the book club meets periodically for curatorial programs related to the book selections.  \nBooks are selected in advance and planned according to the museum’s exhibition schedule. Participants are expected to procure their own copy of the titles. Selections are also available at the NOMA Museum Shop\, where museum members receive a 10% discount. \nMeetings are held in person or via Zoom. All meetings begin at 12 pm. For more information or questions\, please email programs@noma.org. \n\nAbout the Book\nBeyond Blue and White: The Hidden History of Delftware and the Women Behind the Iconic Ceramic\nNPR Here and Now Editor’s Pick \nWhen over seventy-five pieces of rare and intriguing 17th and 18th century Delftware are rediscovered in an historic Manhattan townhouse\, decorative art advisor and writer Genevieve Wheeler Brown quickly recognizes that\, together\, these pieces tell an amazing story. What begins as a curatorial exercise quickly evolves not only into an exploration of this colorful\, expressive\, and sometimes even humorous decorative art\, coveted for hundreds of years\, but also an unexpected uncovering of forceful female lives yet untold. \nConnecting the accounts of women across centuries\, Beyond Blue and White allows us to craft a more complete picture of female experience through the lens of material culture. We meet female Delftware makers\, including Barbara Rotteveel founder of “The Three Bells” Delftware factory in 1671. We are introduced to female Delftware patrons such as Queen Mary II\, who found her means of expression while creating a vogue in the 17th century for Delft blue and white across royal courts. And then there are the female collectors beginning in the 19th century who saw the artistry and craft in these ceramics others had overlooked. Foremost among them was Mrs. J. Pierpont Morgan and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt II who came together with fellow New York women and laid the groundwork for women in the museum world while preserving decorative arts with an educational mission. \nWith illustrations of period objects\, documents\, maps\, paintings\, prints and drawings\, Beyond Blue and White is a colorful celebration of an iconic decorative art and dynamic women living in extraordinary times. Wheeler Brown’s rich narrative encourages us to see beyond the dazzling cobalt glaze of Delftware to consider that these vessels are also our connection to a history with a fascinating group of women at its center. \n-description from Simon & Schuster \nAbout the Author\nAs a decorative art advisor and writer with over thirty years in the art world\, including a decade with Christie’s in New York and London\, Genevieve Wheeler Brown has been actively involved in the community of Delftware. She has also participated on the Antiques Roadshow as an appraiser with an eye out for overlooked “treasure.” In her role\, she has held innumerable objects\, from fake Stradivari violins to gold-mounted Faberge eggs\, considering their value but also the stories they can tell.
URL:https://noma.org/event/book-club-beyond-blue-and-white/
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SUMMARY:Teen Book Club 2026
DESCRIPTION:NOMA’s Teen Book Club is a summer reading and discussion group for teens ages 13-18\, designed to build literary engagement and connect young people to the museum through storytelling\, culture\, and community.  \nTeen Book Club runs from May through August\, with book selections from May through July relating to art and teen interests. In August\, just in time for back to school season\, our Teen Book Club selection will be a book that is included on the Louisiana English Language Arts required reading list. \nTeen Book Club meetings will take place on Fridays from 1-2 pm. Participants can join in person in the Art Studio located on NOMA’s second floor\, or via Zoom. \nThis program is free for all participants. You must be between the ages of 13 and 18 to participate. Participants must bring their own copy of each month’s book. \nRegister for May 8’s Discussion \nRegister for June 12’s Discussion \nRegister for July 24’s Discussion \nRegister for August 7’s Discussion \n\nReading Selections and Meeting Dates\nFriday\, May 8: Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon\nA quick\, inspiring read that helps creators navigate the fine line between inspiration and imitation.  \nJune 12th: Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender \nAn empowering contemporary young adult romance about identity exploration\, unexpected connections\, and recognizing the love you deserve. \nJuly 24th: Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older \nThe first in the Shadowshaper Cypher series\, a 2015 American young adult urban fantasy novel that follows Sierra Santiago\, a Brooklyn graffiti artist who discovers her family uses art as a form of ancestral magic.  \nAugust 7th: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde\nJust in time for back-to-school\, this month’s book comes from the Louisiana English Language Arts required reading list. An 1890 philosophical fiction and Gothic horror novel about a handsome young man who becomes obsessed with his own beauty.
URL:https://noma.org/event/teen-book-club-2026/2026-06-12/
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SUMMARY:Book Club: George Valentine Dureau: Life and Art in New Orleans by Howard Philips Smith
DESCRIPTION:NOMA’s book club meets monthly to discuss fiction and non-fiction books related to art in the museum’s collection and exhibitions. \nThis month’s book club selection is George Valentine Dureau: Life and Art in New Orleans\, an expansive and beautiful survey of one of New Orleans’s most accomplished and provocative artists by Howard Philips Smith. \nRegister Now \n\nAbout NOMA’s Book Club\nNOMA’s book club is an informal group open to anyone on a month-to-month basis. You do not have to attend every meeting or read every book to participate. In addition to monthly book discussions\, the book club meets periodically for curatorial programs related to the book selections.  \nBooks are selected in advance and planned according to the museum’s exhibition schedule. Participants are expected to procure their own copy of the titles. Selections are also available at the NOMA Museum Shop\, where museum members receive a 10% discount. \nMeetings are held in person or via Zoom. All meetings begin at 12 pm. For more information or questions\, please email programs@noma.org. \n\nAbout the Book\nGeorge Valentine Dureau: Life and Art in New Orleans\nNew Orleans artist George Valentine Dureau (1930–2014) has always been an enigma. His status as an important artist gained momentum beginning with his first exhibition at the New Orleans Museum of Art\, then the Isaac Delgado Museum of Art\, in the mid-1960s. Not only did his career undergo a meteoric rise\, but his work proved at once controversial and provocative\, nuanced and groundbreaking. Critics and collectors embraced his bold images\, describing them as sexual\, sensual\, exploitative\, erotic\, iconoclastic\, and innovative. Beneath the surface\, Dureau was even more complex as a person and persona\, as he crafted a sensational character out of his artistic acumen. His reputation dimmed after his death\, but in recent years his importance\, and that of the New Orleans art scene he occupied\, has once again been recognized. \nGeorge Valentine Dureau: Life and Art in New Orleans reassembles the pieces of Dureau’s puzzle-work life. The complexity of his life came together in the studio\, where he created some of the most important artworks of the latter twentieth century. This lush publication features 100 large-format photographic plates\, most of which have never been seen or published and surprisingly some in color. There are more than 200 illustrations and two essays to accompany the plates\, along with a special section devoted to the artists and artwork of 1980s New Orleans\, featuring hundreds of additional photographs\, and several appendices of supplementary materials\, such as interview transcripts\, a timeline of Dureau’s life and career\, a map of important locations\, and a section on relevant art publications\, invitations\, and posters. \n-description from University Press of Mississippi \nAbout the Author\nHoward Philips Smith is a writer\, novelist\, and photographer\, known primarily for his historical works\, which focus on expanding the scope of gay history\, especially in New Orleans. He is author of George Valentine Dureau: Life and Art in New Orleans\, Unveiling the Muse: The Lost History of Gay Carnival in New Orleans\, and A Sojourn in Paradise: Jack Robinson in 1950s New Orleans\, all published by University Press of Mississippi. His first novel\, which is a work of historical fiction about the gay community in 1980s New Orleans\, is The Cult of the Mask: The Strange and Delectable Tale of Life Among the Sybarites. His photography was included in Louisiana Lens: Photographs from The Historic New Orleans Collection by John H. Lawrence.
URL:https://noma.org/event/book-club-george-valentine-dureau/
LOCATION:New Orleans Museum of Art\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70119
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SUMMARY:Book Club: The Art Spy: The Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland by Michelle Young
DESCRIPTION:NOMA’s book club meets monthly to discuss fiction and non-fiction books related to art in the museum’s collection and exhibitions. \nThis month’s book club selection is The Art Spy: The Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland\, a riveting and stylish saga set in Paris during World War II which tells the story of how an unlikely heroine infiltrated the Nazi leadership to save the world’s most treasured masterpieces. \nRegister Now \n\nAbout NOMA’s Book Club\nNOMA’s book club is an informal group open to anyone on a month-to-month basis. You do not have to attend every meeting or read every book to participate. In addition to monthly book discussions\, the book club meets periodically for curatorial programs related to the book selections.  \nBooks are selected in advance and planned according to the museum’s exhibition schedule. Participants are expected to procure their own copy of the titles. Selections are also available at the NOMA Museum Shop\, where museum members receive a 10% discount. \nMeetings are held in person or via Zoom. All meetings begin at 12 pm. For more information or questions\, please email programs@noma.org. \n\nAbout the Book\nThe Art Spy: The Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland\nNew York Public Library Best Books of 2025 * Publishers Weekly Best Books of Summer 2025 * Bookbub Best Non-Fiction Release of the Season * MSNBC/Afar Magazine 10 Best Books for the Summer Traveler * Newsday’s Top Must-Read Book for Summer * Christian Science Monitor Best Book of May 2025 * Longlisted for the 2025 American Library in Paris Book Award \nOn August 25\, 1944\, Rose Valland\, a woman of quiet daring\, found herself in a desperate position. From the windows of her beloved Jeu de Paume museum\, where she had worked and ultimately spied\, she could see the battle to liberate Paris thundering around her. The Jeu de Paume\, co-opted by Nazi leadership\, was now the Germans’ final line of defense. Would the museum curator be killed before she could tell the truth—a story that would mean nothing less than saving humanity’s cultural inheritance? \nBased on troves of previously undiscovered documents\, The Art Spy chronicles the brave actions of the key Resistance spy in the heart of the Nazi’s art looting headquarters in the French capital. A veritable female Monuments Man\, Valland has\, until now\, been written out of the annals. While Hitler was amassing stolen art for his future Führermuseum\, Valland\, his undercover adversary\, secretly worked to stop him. She came face to face with Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring\, passed crucial information to the Resistance network\, and faced death during the last hours of Liberation Day. \nAt the same time\, a young Free French soldier\, Alexandre Rosenberg \, was fighting his way to Paris with the Allied forces battling to liberate France. Alexandre’s father was the exclusive art dealer for Picasso\, Matisse\, George Braque\, and Fernand Léger. The Nazis had taken everything from their family—their art collection\, their nationality\, their gallery\, and their home in Paris. \nVivid and atmospheric\, The Art Spy moves from the glittering days of pre-War Paris\, home to geniuses of modern culture\, including Picasso\, Josephine Baker\, Coco Chanel\, and Frida Kahlo\, through the tension-riddled cities of Europe on the eve of war\, to the harrowing years of the Nazi occupation of France when brave people such as Valland and Rosenberg risked everything to fight monstrous evil. \nIn the spirit of Hidden Figures\, with the sweeping narrative of The Rape of Europa\, The Art Spy is an inspiration for us all—an extraordinary tale of courage in a time of violence. \n-description from HarperCollins Publishers \nAbout the Author\nMichelle Young is an award-winning author and journalist. She is the author of the book The Art Spy: The Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland (HarperOne)\, which was named a Best Book of 2025 by the New York Public Library\, Library Journal\, and Hyperallergic. She is the founder of Untapped New York and the author of Secret Brooklyn\, Secret New York\, and Broadway. \nMichelle is a professor of architecture at Columbia University GSAPP and an instructor at CUNY School of Journalism.
URL:https://noma.org/event/book-club-the-art-spy/
LOCATION:New Orleans Museum of Art\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70119
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SUMMARY:Teen Book Club 2026
DESCRIPTION:NOMA’s Teen Book Club is a summer reading and discussion group for teens ages 13-18\, designed to build literary engagement and connect young people to the museum through storytelling\, culture\, and community.  \nTeen Book Club runs from May through August\, with book selections from May through July relating to art and teen interests. In August\, just in time for back to school season\, our Teen Book Club selection will be a book that is included on the Louisiana English Language Arts required reading list. \nTeen Book Club meetings will take place on Fridays from 1-2 pm. Participants can join in person in the Art Studio located on NOMA’s second floor\, or via Zoom. \nThis program is free for all participants. You must be between the ages of 13 and 18 to participate. Participants must bring their own copy of each month’s book. \nRegister for May 8’s Discussion \nRegister for June 12’s Discussion \nRegister for July 24’s Discussion \nRegister for August 7’s Discussion \n\nReading Selections and Meeting Dates\nFriday\, May 8: Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon\nA quick\, inspiring read that helps creators navigate the fine line between inspiration and imitation.  \nJune 12th: Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender \nAn empowering contemporary young adult romance about identity exploration\, unexpected connections\, and recognizing the love you deserve. \nJuly 24th: Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older \nThe first in the Shadowshaper Cypher series\, a 2015 American young adult urban fantasy novel that follows Sierra Santiago\, a Brooklyn graffiti artist who discovers her family uses art as a form of ancestral magic.  \nAugust 7th: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde\nJust in time for back-to-school\, this month’s book comes from the Louisiana English Language Arts required reading list. An 1890 philosophical fiction and Gothic horror novel about a handsome young man who becomes obsessed with his own beauty.
URL:https://noma.org/event/teen-book-club-2026/2026-07-24/
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SUMMARY:Book Club: Counting Descent by Clint Smith
DESCRIPTION:NOMA’s book club meets monthly to discuss fiction and non-fiction books related to art in the museum’s collection and exhibitions. \nThis month’s book club selection is Counting Descent\, the debut poetry collection from Clint Smith in which a captivating coming-of-age narrative unfolds–one that challenges\, complicates\, and ultimately enriches our understanding of lineage\, tradition\, and the multifaceted nature of identity. \nRegister Now \n\nAbout NOMA’s Book Club\nNOMA’s book club is an informal group open to anyone on a month-to-month basis. You do not have to attend every meeting or read every book to participate. In addition to monthly book discussions\, the book club meets periodically for curatorial programs related to the book selections.  \nBooks are selected in advance and planned according to the museum’s exhibition schedule. Participants are expected to procure their own copy of the titles. Selections are also available at the NOMA Museum Shop\, where museum members receive a 10% discount. \nMeetings are held in person or via Zoom. All meetings begin at 12 pm. For more information or questions\, please email programs@noma.org. \n\nAbout the Book\nCounting Descent\nWinner\, 2017 Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary Award – Finalist\, 2017 NAACP Image Awards – One Book One New Orleans 2017 Book Selection \nIn the intricate tapestry of “Counting Descent\,” Clint Smith expertly navigates the nuances of belonging and dissonance. Through his poetic lens\, he guides us through the labyrinthine experience of being part of a community that fiercely and unapologetically celebrates the richness of black humanity. Yet\, this celebration exists in juxtaposition with the world outside\, a world that often distorts blackness into a distorted and unwarranted caricature of fear. \nSmith’s poems move fluidly across personal and political histories\, all the while reflecting on the social construction of our lived experiences. Smith brings the reader on a powerful journey forcing us to reflect on all that we learn growing up\, and all that we seek to unlearn moving forward. \n-description from Write Bloody Publishing \nAbout the Author\nClint Smith is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America\, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction\, the Hillman Prize for Book Journalism\, the Stowe Prize\, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize\, and selected by the New York Times as one of the 10 Best Books of 2021. He is also the author of two books of poetry\, the New York Times bestselling collection Above Ground as well as Counting Descent. Both poetry collections were winners of the Literary Award for Best Poetry Book from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association and both were finalists for NAACP Image Awards. He is a staff writer at The Atlantic. \nClint has received fellowships from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation\, New America\, the Emerson Collective\, the Art For Justice Fund\, Cave Canem\, and the National Science Foundation. His essays\, poems\, and scholarly writing have been published in The New Yorker\, The New York Times Magazine\, The New Republic\, Poetry Magazine\, The Paris Review\, the Harvard Educational Review\, and elsewhere. He is a former National Poetry Slam champion and a recipient of the Jerome J. Shestack Prize from the American Poetry Review. \nPreviously\, Clint taught high school English in Prince George’s County\, Maryland\, where he was named the Christine D. Sarbanes Teacher of the Year by the Maryland Humanities Council. He is the host of the YouTube series Crash Course Black American History. \nClint received his B.A. in English from Davidson College and his Ph.D. in Education from Harvard University. Born and raised in New Orleans\, he currently lives in Maryland with his wife and their two children.
URL:https://noma.org/event/book-club-counting-descent-by-clint-smith/
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SUMMARY:Teen Book Club 2026
DESCRIPTION:NOMA’s Teen Book Club is a summer reading and discussion group for teens ages 13-18\, designed to build literary engagement and connect young people to the museum through storytelling\, culture\, and community.  \nTeen Book Club runs from May through August\, with book selections from May through July relating to art and teen interests. In August\, just in time for back to school season\, our Teen Book Club selection will be a book that is included on the Louisiana English Language Arts required reading list. \nTeen Book Club meetings will take place on Fridays from 1-2 pm. Participants can join in person in the Art Studio located on NOMA’s second floor\, or via Zoom. \nThis program is free for all participants. You must be between the ages of 13 and 18 to participate. Participants must bring their own copy of each month’s book. \nRegister for May 8’s Discussion \nRegister for June 12’s Discussion \nRegister for July 24’s Discussion \nRegister for August 7’s Discussion \n\nReading Selections and Meeting Dates\nFriday\, May 8: Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon\nA quick\, inspiring read that helps creators navigate the fine line between inspiration and imitation.  \nJune 12th: Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender \nAn empowering contemporary young adult romance about identity exploration\, unexpected connections\, and recognizing the love you deserve. \nJuly 24th: Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older \nThe first in the Shadowshaper Cypher series\, a 2015 American young adult urban fantasy novel that follows Sierra Santiago\, a Brooklyn graffiti artist who discovers her family uses art as a form of ancestral magic.  \nAugust 7th: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde\nJust in time for back-to-school\, this month’s book comes from the Louisiana English Language Arts required reading list. An 1890 philosophical fiction and Gothic horror novel about a handsome young man who becomes obsessed with his own beauty.
URL:https://noma.org/event/teen-book-club-2026/2026-08-07/
LOCATION:New Orleans Museum of Art\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70119
CATEGORIES:Kids & Families,Book Club,Teens
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SUMMARY:Book Club: Libre by Skye Jackson
DESCRIPTION:NOMA’s book club meets monthly to discuss fiction and non-fiction books related to art in the museum’s collection and exhibitions. \nThis month’s book club selection is Libre by Skye Jackson\, a soaring collection of poems that deftly explores the familial\, personal\, and societal relationships of a young Black woman trying to make her way in a fraught world. \nRegister Now \n\nAbout NOMA’s Book Club\nNOMA’s book club is an informal group open to anyone on a month-to-month basis. You do not have to attend every meeting or read every book to participate. In addition to monthly book discussions\, the book club meets periodically for curatorial programs related to the book selections.  \nBooks are selected in advance and planned according to the museum’s exhibition schedule. Participants are expected to procure their own copy of the titles. Selections are also available at the NOMA Museum Shop\, where museum members receive a 10% discount. \nMeetings are held in person or via Zoom. All meetings begin at 12 pm. For more information or questions\, please email programs@noma.org. \n\nAbout the Book\nLibre\nFreedom reverberates in Skye Jackson’s breathtaking debut\, Libre\, with evocative poems that are heart-wrenching\, haunting\, sensual\, and tender. This collection explores the experiences of a young Black woman in New Orleans as she navigates the pull of familial and romantic relationships\, celebrating the joys of Blackness\, art\, and friendship. Libre also includes Jackson’s award-winning poem “can we touch your hair?” which was hand selected by former US Poet Laureate Billy Collins for inclusion in the Library of Congress Poetry 180 Project. \nAn acolyte of Sade and Stevie Nicks\, Jackson muses on microaggressions\, interracial relationships\, and the endless intricacies of Black women’s hair as she rails against loss\, random violence\, and the dark expectations that society often places upon people of color. She roams each room of the heart\, open and unafraid of what she might find behind every door. Through it all\, this debut shines as the poetry refracts and reflects like a mirror leaving nothing unseen. \n-description from Simon & Schuster \nAbout the Author\nSkye Jackson is an award-winning writer and editor from New Orleans\, LA\, whose poetry has appeared in The Southern Review\, Rattle\, Green Mountains Review\, and was hand selected by Billy Collins for inclusion in the Library of Congress Poetry 180 Project. In 2023\, she was a finalist for the Iowa Review Poetry Award. She currently teaches at Xavier University.
URL:https://noma.org/event/book-club-libre-by-skye-jackson/
LOCATION:New Orleans Museum of Art\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70119
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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SUMMARY:Book Club: Stranger in the Shogun's City by Amy Stanley
DESCRIPTION:NOMA’s book club meets monthly to discuss fiction and non-fiction books related to art in the museum’s collection and exhibitions. \nThis month’s book club selection is Stranger in the Shogun’s City by Amy Stanley\, a vivid\, deeply researched work of history that explores the life of an unconventional woman during the first half of the 19th century in Edo–the city that would become Tokyo–and a portrait of a great city on the brink of a momentous encounter with the West. \nRegister Now \n\nAbout NOMA’s Book Club\nNOMA’s book club is an informal group open to anyone on a month-to-month basis. You do not have to attend every meeting or read every book to participate. In addition to monthly book discussions\, the book club meets periodically for curatorial programs related to the book selections.  \nBooks are selected in advance and planned according to the museum’s exhibition schedule. Participants are expected to procure their own copy of the titles. Selections are also available at the NOMA Museum Shop\, where museum members receive a 10% discount. \nMeetings are held in person or via Zoom. All meetings begin at 12 pm. For more information or questions\, please email programs@noma.org. \n\nAbout the Book\nStranger in the Shogun’s City\nFinalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Biography – Winner of the 2020 National Book Critics Circle Award – Winner of the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography \nStranger in the Shogun’s City is a history of a city: Tokyo (which was then called Edo) in the first half of the nineteenth century. It’s also the story of a rebellious\, discontented woman who sacrificed everything to be there. The book follows her from her childhood in Japan’s snow country\, through three catastrophic marriages and a devastating famine\, to her escape to the shogun’s capital. It’s about how a woman used the city to recreate herself — as a maidservant\, a tenement-dweller\, a samurai’s wife — and how she\, and others like her\, built the global megalopolis we know today. \nThe daughter of a Buddhist priest\, Tsuneno was born in a rural Japanese village and was expected to live a traditional life much like her mother’s. But after three divorces–and a temperament much too strong-willed for her family’s approval–she ran away to make a life for herself in one of the largest cities in the world: Edo\, a bustling metropolis at its peak. \nWith Tsuneno as our guide\, we experience the drama and excitement of Edo just prior to the arrival of American Commodore Perry’s fleet\, which transformed Japan. During this pivotal moment in Japanese history\, Tsuneno bounces from tenement to tenement\, marries a masterless samurai\, and eventually enters the service of a famous city magistrate. Tsuneno’s life provides a window into 19th-century Japanese culture–and a rare view of an extraordinary woman who sacrificed her family and her reputation to make a new life for herself\, in defiance of social conventions. \nImmersive and fascinating\, Stranger in the Shogun’s City is a revelatory work of history\, layered with rich detail and delivered with beautiful prose\, about the life of a woman\, a city\, and a culture. \n-description from Scribner Book Company \nAbout the Author\nSkye Jackson is an award-winning writer and editor from New Orleans\, LA\, whose poetry has appeared in The Southern Review\, Rattle\, Green Mountains Review\, and was hand selected by Billy Collins for inclusion in the Library of Congress Poetry 180 Project. In 2023\, she was a finalist for the Iowa Review Poetry Award. She currently teaches at Xavier University.
URL:https://noma.org/event/book-club-stranger-in-the-shoguns-city/
LOCATION:New Orleans Museum of Art\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70119
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SUMMARY:Book Club: Call Me Larry: A Creole Man's Triumph Over Racism and Homophobia by Larry Bagneris Jr. and Ryan Gomez
DESCRIPTION:NOMA’s book club meets monthly to discuss fiction and non-fiction books related to art in the museum’s collection and exhibitions. \nThis month’s book club selection is Call Me Larry: A Creole Man’s Triumph Over Racism and Homophobia by Larry Bagneris Jr. and Ryan Gomez \, a bracing\, uplifting\, and sometimes laugh-out-loud memoir in which Larry Bagneris recalls his activist career as founder of Houston’s Pride Parade and then\, following a return to his hometown\, as political organizer and mainstay of the local gay community. \nRegister Now \n\nAbout NOMA’s Book Club\nNOMA’s book club is an informal group open to anyone on a month-to-month basis. You do not have to attend every meeting or read every book to participate. In addition to monthly book discussions\, the book club meets periodically for curatorial programs related to the book selections.  \nBooks are selected in advance and planned according to the museum’s exhibition schedule. Participants are expected to procure their own copy of the titles. Selections are also available at the NOMA Museum Shop\, where museum members receive a 10% discount. \nMeetings are held in person or via Zoom. All meetings begin at 12 pm. For more information or questions\, please email programs@noma.org. \n\nAbout the Book\nCall Me Larry: A Creole Man’s Triumph over Racism and Homophobia\nRaised in a large\, loving Creole family\, Lawrence Bagneris Jr. knew from a young age that he liked boys. But New Orleans in the 1950s and early 1960s wasn’t an easy place to be out. In high school\, he channeled his energies into the Civil Rights Movement. By college\, he was exploring the gay bars of the French Quarter— and telling new acquaintances to ask for Larry\, not Lawrence\, when they phoned him at home. It wasn’t until his 1969 move to Houston that the many strands of his Creole identity—Black\, white\, Catholic—coalesced into a powerful political force for gay rights. \nIn this bracing\, uplifting\, and sometimes laugh-out-loud memoir\, Larry Bagneris recalls his activist career: as founder of Houston’s Pride Parade and then\, following a return to his hometown\, as political organizer and mainstay of the local gay community. He invites us to join him on his travels\, as well—from San Francisco to New York\, Tel Aviv to Singapore—as he builds community\, and finds family\, in queer spaces around the world. \n-description from Historic New Orleans Collection \nAbout the Authors\nLarry Bagneris is a social and political activist and Executive Director of the City of New Orleans Human Relations Commission. Ryan Gomez is a data analyst in the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office.
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