Graphic Novel Book Club

Select Thursdays at 7 PM
Virtual, registration required.
Note: These programs will not be recorded.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

December 19: Monica by Daniel Clowes

Monica is a series of interconnected narratives that collectively tell the life story — actually, stories — of its title character.

January 9: Sailor Twain by Mark Siegal 

As three lives twine together and race to an unexpected collision, the mystery of the “mermaid of the Hudson” deepens. 

February 13: Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts by Rebecca Hall. 

Wake brings to light for the first time the existence of enslaved black women warriors whose stories, and reconstructs the likely past of two female rebels, Adono and Alele, on the slave ship The Unity. 

Books and Brews Book Club

Select Wednesdays at 7 PM
In-person at Juan Murphy’s, located at 796 Main Street, Poughkeepsie.
No registration required.

January 15: The Art Thief: a True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession by Michael Finkel. Finkel brings us into master thief Stephane Breitwieser’s strange and fascinating world. Though he carried out more than two hundred heists over nearly eight years, Breitwieser never stole for money–keeping all his treasures in a single room where he could admire them–until it all fell apart in spectacular fashion. A spellbinding portrait of obsession and flawed genius.

February 19: A Little Devil in America by Hanif Abdurraqib. An urgent project that unravels all modes and methods of Black performance, in this moment when Black performers are coming to terms with their value, reception, and immense impact on America. With sharp insight, humor, and heart, Abdurraqib examines how Black performance happens in specific moments in time and space—from midcentury Paris to the moon, then back down again to a cramped living room in Columbus, Ohio.

Mystery Mondays

Select Mondays at 11 AM
Boardman Road Branch Library
No registration required.

No meeting in December. 

January 27: King and Maxwell by David Baldacci.