Want to learn more about social justice, but don’t know where to start? Join us at BPL’s Social Justice Book Club, now in its second year! Meeting monthly on the last Tuesday of the month, this group will seek to create a brave space for learning and sharing a variety of perspectives. For Asian American Heritage Month, we will be reading Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong. 

As the daughter of Korean immigrants, Cathy Park Hong grew up steeped in shame, suspicion, and melancholy. She would later understand that these “minor feelings” occur when American optimism contradicts your own reality—when you believe the lies you’re told about your own racial identity. With sly humor and a poet’s searching mind, Hong uses her own story as a portal into a deeper examination of racial consciousness in America today. 

Copies of the book are available at both McMahon Wintonbury and Prosser, or you can listen to it on the Libby app. You must provide your email address at registration to receive the Zoom link. Your Registration Confirmation Notice includes the Zoom link for the program. All participants will start with video off and sound muted. No computer/internet at home? Call the Library for the phone number, meeting ID and password, and join us over the phone.