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Brothas Well Read Book Club is for like-minded African American men to come together to discuss a variety of stimulating literary pieces.
2008 BWR Reading List
January 2008, Them, Nathan McCall
February 2008, Gentleman Jigger, Richard Bruce Nugent
March 2008, The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd
April 2008, Right Side of the Wrong Bed, Frederick Smith
May 2008, Seen It All and Done the Rest, Pearl Cleage
June 2008, No Disrespect, Sistah Souljah
July 2008, They Tell Me of a Home , Daniel Black
August 2008, Just Too Good to Be True, E. Lynn Harris
September 2008, Letters to a Young Brother by Hill Harper
October 2008, The Beautiful Struggle by Ta-Nehisi Coates
November, So You Call Yourself A Man by Carl Weber
December-Holiday Break
January 2009, The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
February 2009, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
March 2009, Basketball Jones by E. Lynn Harris
April 2009, Action Plan by Suze Orman
May 2009, Push by Sapphire
June 2009, The Messiah by Lee Hayes
July 2009, Too Much of a Good Thing Ain't Bad by Clarence Nero
August 2009, The Lie by O.H. Bennett
September 2009, Dark Child by Travis Hunter
October 2009, Mama Dearest by E. Lynn Harris
November 2009, The Torturer's Wife by Thomas Glave
December 2009-Holiday
January 2010-The Help by Kathryn Stockett
February 2010-The Lost Supreme Florence Ballard by Peter Benjaminson
March 2010-The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
April 2010-And the Walls Came Tumbling Down: The Secret Life of Senator Jack by Vernadine Merrick
May 2010- Brainwashed by Tom Burrell
June 2010-Glorious by Bernice McFadden
July 2010-Perfect Peace by Daniel Black
August 2010-Till You Hear From Me by Pearl Cleage
September 2010-Twelve Rooms with a View by Theresa Rebeck
October 2010-Who Said Peaches Were Perfect? by Tracy Niclole
November 2010-Foxy My Life in Three Acts by Pam Grier and Andrea Cagan
December 2010-Reading Vacation
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It is FREE. We just require you to read the book prior to the online discussion.
Atlanta Chapter Membership
In order to keep the meetings more personal, the group has decided that membership will not exceed more than twenty members.
To be a successful group member one must be COMMITTED.
• Committed to attending the monthly meetings
• Committed to reading the book selected each month
• Committed to participating in the discussion
• Committed to supporting the group
BWR Meetings
The meetings are held once a month. The group decides upon the location, date, and time of each meeting. Each member is encouraged to host at least one meeting. He has the option to sponsor the refreshments or suggest that the group participate in potluck. Each meeting is designed to bring forth a new experience.
Book Selection
Each month members are encouraged to bring suggested readings for the upcoming month. Suggested readings should be no more than 300 pages.
A synopsis should be included when suggesting a book.
The suggested books are placed in a pool and randomly selected for reading. In some cases the group may strongly suggest a title and unanimously vote on reading that particular book for the month.
The member who recommends the book selected would facilitate the book discussion using his own creative style.
BWR Membership Dues
Monthly dues are $5.00, or $60.00 per year. The money is used to cover all administrative expenses.
New Ideas and Suggestions
If you have any questions, concerns and ideas please contact us:
email: info@brothaswellread.com
BWR Book Of The Month
A novel of self-discovery, family bonds and the healing of one small southern town
Twelve Gates to the City is the much-anticipated sequel to Black’s acclaimed debut, They Tell Me of a Home. In this novel, Sister assumes the voice of the narrator, speaking from the spirit realm, telling her brother TL things he could have never known about their family. She constructs the story as a series of spiritual revelations, exposing to readers both who she was in the years of TL’s absence and how every event in his life was an orchestration for his return.
TL in the meantime is back in Swamp Creek, to stay this time, but he’s still haunted by his sister’s death. His decision to become the Schoolmaster is the only thing he’s sure about, and his impact upon the students becomes palpable. But he still doesn’t know what happened to Sister. As he searches for ultimate truth, he discovers the secrets and beauty of Swamp Creek.
Twelve Gates to the City is a novel about spiritual revelation, and communal healing, ushered in by one who finally realizes that his gifts were bestowed upon him, not for his own glory, but for the transformation of his people.
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Twelve Gates to the City by Daniel Black
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Posted by Roderick Tate on December 1, 2011 at 6:00am
BWR Outreach
Brothas Well Read has partnered with "Boys Who D.A.R.E" to volunteer with them each month with their monthly reading program.
The Boys Who Dream, Achieve, Read and Empower and (D.A.R.E) reading program is a non-profit organization designed to promote literacy in young males residing in Metro Atlanta.
www.boyswhodare.org
BWR Sponsored Links
BookingMatters.com
BoysWhoDare.org
KeithKnows.net
OutWriteBooks.com
BWR History
Founded in September 2000 in Atlanta, Georgia by Roderick Tate, Brothas Well Read was started to share his passion for reading amongst his friends. He invited several friends to the first meeting, not knowing what to expect. As a result of the strong interest and support, Brothas Well Read was created.
The group consists of African-American men with diverse backgrounds. Each member’s uniqueness and creative energy adds to the group’s success.
Brothas Well Read Book Club is for like-minded African American men to come together to discuss a variety of fiction and non-fiction books. It provides a warm comfortable atmosphere in which we can fellowship, engage in intellectual discussion, and enrich each other’s lives.
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