Black Classics Book Group

When: Second Saturday in: February, April, June, August, October, and December; at 2:30 p.m.
Where: Bluford Branch
Contact: Bernard Norcott-Mahany at 816.701.3482

Black Classics is devoted to reading and discussing works written by African or African American authors that can be considered great classics—these include outstanding works of fiction, poetry, drama and non-fiction. Come and discuss some of the great works you may not have read in school.

2012 Schedule

April 14
Selected Poems by Rita Dove.

June 9
Joe Turner's Come and Gone by August Wilson.

August 11
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson.

October 13
The Piano Lesson by August Wilson.

December 8
Seven Guitars by August Wilson.

Group Leader

Bernard Norcott-Mahany is a technical assistant at the L.H. Bluford Branch, where he also serves as the Library's resident connoisseur of classic literature. He holds master's degrees in Ancient Greek from Loyola University Chicago and in English Literature from Syracuse University. He teaches Greek mythology at Johnson County Community College. For more info on the Black Classics Book Group, contact Bernard Norcott-Mahany at 816.701.3482.

Previous Reads:
February 2012 Gem of the Ocean by August Wilson.
December 2011 Passing by Nella Larsen.
October 2011 The Best of Simple by Langston Hughes.
August 2011 Tumbling by Diane McKinney-Whetstone.
June 2011 The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano by Olaudah Equiano.
April 2011 Selected Poems by Gwendolyn Brooks.
February 2011 Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Man by Henry L. Gates.