Tuesday Book Talks
Unless otherwise noted, the Tuesday Book Talks are held from 2:00-3:30 pm in the Large Auditorium
at the Washington Ave Branch, 161 Washington Ave, Albany, New York
June 16 | Book Review | The Gift of Fear: Survival Signs That Protect Us from Violence by Gavin de Becker. Reviewer: David Guistina, “Morning Edition” anchor & senior producer, WAMC, and adjunct professor, U at Albany, SUNY.
June 23 | Book Reviews | Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy by Katherine Stewart and The Shadow Gospel: How Anti-liberal Demonology Possessed U. S. Religion, Media, and Politics by Whitney Phillips and Mark Brockway. Reviewer: Frank Robinson, JD, philosopher, author, & blogger.
June 30 | Author Talk | Molly Dunn discusses & reads from her psychological thriller, The Circuitry We Share.
July 7 | Book Review | African-Americans in the Wyoming Valley, 1778-1990, by Emerson I. Moss. Reviewer: Roger Green, MLS, business librarian retired from the NY Small Business Development Center.
July 14 | Book Review | The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan. Reviewer: Hailey Hamias, FFAPL board member & community development professional..
July 21| Book Review | Shadow Ticket, a detective novel by Thomas Pynchon. Reviewer: Dan Wilcox, peace activist & noted local poet.
July 28 | Book Review | The Left Hand of Darkness, a sci-fi classic by Ursula K. Le Guin. Reviewer: David Brickman, photographer & FFAPL treasurer.
August 4 | Book Review | Tiny Gardens Everywhere: The Past, Present, and Future of the Self-Provisioning City by Kate Brown, science historian at MIT. Reviewer: Richard King, retired attorney.
August 11 | Book Review | The Hours of Henry VIII: A Renaissance Masterpiece by Jean Poyet by R. S. Wieck, W. M. Voelkle & K. Michelle Hearne. Reviewer: K. Michelle Hearne Arthur, Ph.D., former museum curator and director & current high school history teacher.
August 18 | Book Review | Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman. Reviewer: Mary A. Rosch, former APL Trustee, current FFAPL board member, proud Albany native who is active in several local organizations and loves connection, learning, and building community.
August 25 | Book Review | The Last Extinction: The Real Science behind the Death of the Dinosaurs by Gerta Keller. Reviewer: Jonathan Skinner, PhD, retired statistician & amateur classicist.