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Olney Daytime Book Discussion Group - Virtual

Join us for a virtual discussion of "No Sense in Wishing" by Lawrence Burney, this year's One Maryland One Book title. All are welcome!

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Once you are signed in on Zoom, click on the emailed link to join the program.

Please visit the One Maryland One Book Reader's Guide to learn more. Events with author Lawrence Burney can be found here.

About No Sense in Wishing by Lawrence Burney:

"We are thrilled to have you join Maryland Humanities for the nineteenth year of One Maryland One Book, Maryland’s largest reading and discussion program. Since 2008, OMOB has brought together thousands of readers across the state to explore a specific work of literature through discussions at book clubs, libraries, colleges, museums, and more.

Literature has the power to delight, inform, and connect us. The OMOB is selected by a committee of distinguished members of Maryland’s literary community. We hope this connects you to parts of your community in a new way.

No Sense in Wishing is a personal and analytical essay collection that aptly captures this year’s theme of Revolution, Reaction, Reform. Taking cue from Burney’s career as a culture writer and critic, No Sense in Wishing uses that lens to look at his home city of Baltimore, music from throughout the global Black diaspora, and the traditions that raised him, offering perspective on the people, places, music, and art that transformed him."

Physical copies are available at Olney Library. Please call 240-773-9545 during open hours to confirm before coming to the branch.

Digital copies may be available from MCPL's Overdrive/Libby catalog:

E-book: https://mcplmd.overdrive.com/media/11216962

E-audio: https://mcplmd.overdrive.com/media/11348292

Registrants will be emailed information on accessing the virtual book discussion.

Please feel free to join the meeting early to check your connection, settings, etc.

Questions about this program? Contact the Olney branch at 240-773-9545. 

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