The Department of English Literature is working to assemble the following list of titles discussed at Literature for Lunch meetings dating back to the 1990s. If you are a long-time Lit for Lunch member in the Boise area and have title information and dates that can augment this list, please contact Professor Ann Campbell at anncampbell@boisestate.edu.
2023/24
Friday Sept 1: The Moonstone, Wilkie Collins
Friday Oct 13: Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
Friday Nov 17: Lolly Willowes, Sylvia Townsend Warner
(No December meeting because of holidays)
Friday January 5: Night Watch, Terry Pratchet
Friday Feb 2: The Silence of the Girls, Pat Barker
Friday March 1: My Brilliant Friend, Elena Ferrante
Friday April 12: The Signature of All Things, Elizabeth Gilbert
Friday May 3: The Go-Between, LP Hartley
2022/23
Friday Nov 4: Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen
Friday, Jan 6: Love in a Cold Climate, Nancy Mitford
Friday Feb 3: Cold Comfort Far, Stella Gibbons
Friday April 7: A Tale for the Time Being, Ruth Ozeki
Friday May 5: The Summer Book, Tove Jansson
2008/09
Jan: Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad
2004/05
Jan: Passionate Nomad: The Life of Freia Stark, Jane Fletcher Geniesse
Feb: Baghdad Sketches, Freia Stark
Mar: Brick Lane, Monica Ali
2003/04
Jan: Fugitive Pieces, Anne Michaels
2003/04
Nov: The Shell Collector, Anthony Doerr
Jan: Desert Queen, Janet Wallace
2002/03
Aug: Charles Darwin Voyaging, Janet Browne
Sep: The Lying Stones of Marrakech, Stephen Jay Gould
Oct: The Voyage of the Beagle, Charles Darwin
Nov: Mr. Darwin’s Shooter, Roger McDonald
2000/01
Nov: Letters From Yellowstone, Diane Smith
Feb: Mary, Bessie Head
Apr: The Joys of Motherhood, Buchi Emecheta
1998/99
Sep: Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston
Oct: The Indian Lawyer, James Welch
1997/98
Jan: Adam Bede, George Eliot
Mar: Oral History, Lee Smith
1996/97
Nov: The Grass Dancer, Susan Power
Dec: Clove and Cinnamon, Jorge Amado, Gabriela,
Jan: The Ghost Road, Pat Barker
Feb: Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf
Mar: A Very Long Engagement, Sebastian Japrisot
Apr: Behind the Scenes at the Museum, Kate Atkinson
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