Please join us for the upcoming Tuesday Book Talks.

August 30th, 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm: FFAPL Tuesday Book Talk: “Her Honor: My Life on the Bench . . . What Works, What’s Broken, and How to Change It” by LaDoris Hazzard Cordell

Please join us for a review of “Her Honor: My Life on the Bench . . . What Works, What’s Broken, and How to Change It” by LaDoris Hazzard Cordell, reviewed by Bonita Sanchez, MSW, retired academic & life-long social worker.

September 6th, 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm: FFAPL Tuesday Book Talk: “Little Failure: A Memoir” by Gary Shteyngart

Please join us for a review of “Little Failure: A Memoir” by Gary Shteyngart, reviewed by Joseph Krausman, poet & long-time member of the Friends of APL.

September 13th, 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm: FFAPL Tuesday Book Talk: “Across the River Jordan: The Journey to Bring My Son Home” by Holly Planells McKenna

Please join us as Holly Planells McKenna of the University at Albany, SUNY, discusses & reads from her memoir, “Across the River Jordan: The Journey to Bring My Son Home.”

September 20th, 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm: FFAPL Tuesday Book Talk: “Cotton Mather’s Spanish Lessons: A Story of Language, Race, and Belonging in Early America” by Kirsten Silva Gruesz

Please join us for a review of “Cotton Mather’s Spanish Lessons: A Story of Language, Race, and Belonging in Early America,” by Kirsten Silva Gruesz, reviewed by Sílvia Meijía, PhD, Professor of Spanish, Latin American Literature, and Film; Chair, Department of World Languages and Cultures; The College of Saint Rose.

September 27th, 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm: FFAPL Tuesday Book Talk: “The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance during the Blitz” by Erik Larson

Please join us for a review of “The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance during the Blitz,” by Erik Larson, reviewed by Bonita Sanchez, MSW, retired academic & life-long social worker.