Reading Non-Fiction 2019

We will consider eight recent works of non-fiction, allowing two sessions for each book. We will focus on evidence, arguments and conclusions as well as on the rhetorical strategies employed by the authors. More generally, we will consider the nature of the non-fiction genre itself. Members will divide up responsibility for leading discussions. Chosen by the group, the books to be read are as follows: The Assault on Intelligence by Michael Hayden; The Ordinary Virtues by Michael Ignatieff; The Death of Expertise by Tom Nichols; The Globalization Paradox by Dani Rodrik; Forgiveness by Mark Sakamoto, Dancing Bears by Withold Szablowski; Seven Fallen Feathers by Tanya Talaga and Educated by Tara Westover. We will begin with Educated and determine the order for reading the other books at our first meeting.