Talk About Books

  Talk About Books meets every third Wednesday of the month at Guilford Free Library at 6:30. Call or email the library if you would like a copy of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous for the November 20th discussion. A zoom option is available, but people do find that gathering in person is much more enjoyable. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the speaker, Little Dog, is in his late twenties, the letter unearths a family's history that began before he was born — a history whose epicenter is rooted in Vietnam — and serves as a doorway into parts of his life his mother has never known, all of it leading to an unforgettable revelation. At once a witness to the fraught yet undeniable love between a single mother and her son, it is also a brutally honest exploration of race, class, and masculinity. Asking questions central to our American moment, immersed as we are in addiction, violence, and trauma, but un