Monday, May 17, 2010

About Last Saturday...

Excellent meeting, men---

For those who missed our discussion of The Art of Manliness, or came late, hopefully Hobbs will have the audio up sooner rather than later.

We’ll read and discuss Philip Roth’s The Human Stain in September (Saturday, September 18 at 5 p.m., to be exact).

And on Saturday, July 24th, at 6 p.m., we will hold our first Black Men Read?! Summer Screening! Bring your wives or significant others or interested friends. We’ll do it in at UR, exact location to be determined.

Have good summers---

Bert Ashe

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

TIME TO VOTE!

Here, in alphabetical order, are the choices for our September novel:

David Bradley’s "The Chaneysville Incident"

Edward P. Jones, The Known World

Ann McMillan, Chickahominy Fever

Philip Roth, The Human Stain


Please vote for no more than three (3).


Sunday, May 9, 2010

NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN

Men:

We’re meeting to discuss The Art of Manliness: Classic Skills and Manners for the Modern Man on Saturday, May 15, in our usual room in Ryland Hall at the University of Richmond at 5 p.m. Leading up to the meeting, as per usual, we'll select our next book. This time our September 18 meeting is [cue fanfare] a NOVELS ONLY nomination situation.

Nominations are NOW OPEN for NOVELS you want to discuss in September. You may nominate TWO (2) novels from now until I go to bed on Wednesday night. On Thursday morning we’ll vote on the novels that have been nominated.