Edina Reads
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Edina Reads
is a community-wide reading program
that encourages
active reading,
lifelong learning,
and thoughtful conversation.

 

Calendar
 

Date Program Presenter(s) Location
July 13, 2010

Jim Klobuchar, journalist and adventurer, speaks about Heroes Among Us and his other books;
6:30 p.m.
Edina Community Library
5280 Grandview Square, Edina MN 55436

Jim Klobuchar  
March 8, 2010 Nicole Helget, The Turtle Catcher and The Summer of Ordinary Ways Nicole Helget, Author Edina Library and Edina Senior Center
January 11, 2010 Fred Senn, Juicing the Orange:
How to Turn Creativity Into a Powerful Business Advantage
Fred Senn, Author
October 19, 2009 Kao Kalia Yang, The Latehomecomer, A Hmong Family Memoir Kao Kalia Yang, Author
August 10, 2009 A Good Walk Spoiled: Golf and Literature Chris Fishbach, Tom Prin & Dan Smith, Authors
Dick Crockett, Moderator
July 13, 2009 New Fiction Jude Nutter & Maureen Millea Smith, Authors
May 12, 2009 Alison McGhee, Julia Gillian (and The Art of Knowing) Alison McGhee, Author
October 2008

Pen Pals Intergenerational Discussion

The Africa Experience

 

Alexandra Fuller, Author

Jeff Dykstra, Joanna Johnson & Jerry Strauss; Tim Murphy, Moderator

September 2008

Alexandra Fuller, Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight

 

Addie Ingebrand, Discussion Leader

 

September 2007

Stanley Gordon West, Until They Bring the Streetcars Back

Twin Cities by Trolley

Stanley Gordon West, Author

John Diers and Aaron Isaacs, Authors

October 2006 What Makes Great Literature? Authors David Bengsten, Rosanna Saffa, Maureen Millea Smith
Dick Crockett, Moderator
September 2006

Evelina Chao, Yeh-Yeh's House:
Family Decisions that have Shaped Our Lives

Concert with the author and discussion of Generational Differences

Evelina Chao, Author

St. Paul Chamber Orchestra

December 2005 The Kite Runner Pen Pals Intergenerational Discussion Khaleed Hosseini, Author
October 2005

Khaleen Josseini, The Kite Runner
Character and Courage in Personal and Professional Life

 

 

Understanding Cultural Diversity in Edina

Michael O'Rourke, Author
Emily Truggs, EHS Student and Varsity Athlete
Pamela Alexander, Hennepin County District Judge
Dick Crockett, Moderator

Ghafar Lakanwai, Ph. D.