{ "name": "Geisel Library Book Discussion", "description": "-------- Bag Lunch Book Group ------------------------------------------------\n\n.... \"Our Nig, or Sketches from the Life of a Free Black\" by Harriet E.\n Wilson\n\nAll members of the Saint Anselm College community are invited to attend a \nbook discussion of \"Our Nig.\"\u00a0\n\n\"Our Nig is the tale of a mixed-race girl, Frado, abandoned by her white \nmother after the death of the child's black father. Frado becomes the servant \nof the Bellmonts, a lower-middle-class white family in the free North, while \nslavery is still legal in the South, and suffers numerous abuses in their \nhousehold. Frado's story is a tragic one; having left the Bellmonts, she \neventually marries a black fugitive slave, who later abandons her\" \n(GoodReads.com [1]).\n\n*Published in 1859*, this book is considered to be one of the first books \nwritten by an African American woman to be published in the United States \n(Wikipedia [2]).\n\nCopies of the book will be available to borrow at the Circulation Desk by \nJanuary 22, 2025.\n\nAttendees are welcome to bring their lunches to the book group meeting.\u00a0\n\n*Date:* Friday, February 21, 2025\u00a0\n*Time: *12:30 - 1:20 p.m.\u00a0\n*Location: *Library Classroom, upper level of Geisel.\n\n\n[1] https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/369783.Our_Nig_or_Sketches_from_the_Life_of_a_Free_Black?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=1jPZo23AyV&rank=1\n[2] https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Our_Nig\n", "startDate": "2025-02-21", "startTime": "12:30", "endDate": "2025-02-21", "endTime": "13:20", "label": "Add to Calendar", "options": [ "Apple", "Google", "iCal", "Microsoft365", "MicrosoftTeams", "Outlook.com", "Yahoo" ], "timeZone": "America\/New_York", "trigger": "click", "listStyle": "modal", "iCalFileName": "anselm-event-20066", "location": "Geisel Library" }