A book club for Illinois State University students and employees will be at 3:30 p.m. October 21 in Williams Hall, room 307. Discussion will center on Reyna Grande’s new publication, A Ballad of Love and Glory.
The book club is in celebration of the visit of Grande, an internationally acclaimed author. She will give a Community Book Lecture on October 15, 2022, as part of a communitywide celebration of Latinx Heritage Month.
Douglas Cutter of the Department of History and the Latin American and Latina/o Studies program (LALS) will be leading the book club. Attendees will have read the book to participate in the discussion.
A Ballad of Love and Glory is a novel set during the Mexican American War. During this book discussion, participants are expected to reflect on topics related to the book.
