Virtual Book Club Features "The Human Stain" by Philip Roth

Black Americans, Jewish Americans: Racial and Ethnic "Passing" in Literature and the Struggle to Belong   The Human Stain by Philip Roth & Passing by Nella Larsen   Virtual Book Club in June   Presented in partnership with the New Brunswick Free Public Library, the New Brunswick African American Heritage Committee, and the Rutgers University Libraries–New Brunswick     SESSION ONE: Wed., June 5, 7:00 p.m. Led by Donavan L. Ramon, Assistant Professor of English, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, and 2023 Bildner Visiting Scholar It is 1998, the year in which America is whipped into a frenzy of prurience by the impeachment of a president, and in a small New England town, an aging classics professor, Coleman Silk, is forced to retire when his colleagues decree that he is a racist. The charge is a lie, but the real truth about Silk--the secret that he has kept for 50 years--would have astonished even his most virulent accuser.   Register for Session One   Free and open to the public   SESSION TWO: Wednesday, June 26, 7:oo p.m. Passing by Nella Larsen   Learn more and register here for Session Two.     Presented in conjunction with the interdisciplinary symposium "Black Americans, Jewish Americans: Historical Intersections, Collisions, and Passings" and made possible by a grant from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities.     Donate Now   Thank you for your support!  Your gift enables the Bildner Center to make a meaningful impact in the community, fostering engagement with Jewish identity, culture, and history. The Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life Rutgers, The State Univ. of NJ | 12 College Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901