January 11, 2020

Book Draft 2020 footnotes

Book Draft 2020 footnotes

  • We discussed the possibility of an early Summer barbecue to discuss estival reading plans and strategies and feature a lecture from a member. These plans have been temporarily shelved due to scheduling difficulties and aspects may be integrated with existing meeting dates.
  • The Rules Committee will determine how to reward and/or acknowledge undrafted picks that proved, after some consideration, nevertheless valuable.
  • Glenn recommends the BBC Bleak House series.
  • Alan mentioned the work of Joseph Campbell and The Hero's Journey.
  • Jared mentioned discovering the works of Jean Larteguy through Glenn's 2019 draft candidate A Solder Reports, including The Centurions and The Walls of Israel.
  • Here's the collector's edition of C.S. Lewis's The Abolition of Man.
  • Here are the current titles from Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn being published from University of Notre Dame Press.
  • Members were excommunicated. No further comments will be made.