SDARJ Book & Film Discussion Group | Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts

Online & In-Person

This book club is a partnership with the Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice. This group usually meets on the fourth Tuesday of the month* and discusses classic and contemporary works of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and cinematic art. All are welcome.

*Note: the November and December meetings are combined and meet on Tuesday, December 1

The 2026 selections are:

January 27 | The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore
February 24 | Straw (film)
March 24 | Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman's Bank by Justine Hill Edwards
April 28 | Waking Up White: Finding Myself in the Story of Race by Debby Irving
May 26 | Shirley (film)
June 23 | Black Moses: Ambition and Fight for a Black State by Caleb Gayle
July 28 | The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor (book and film)
August 25 | Is That Black Enough for You?: History and Craft of African-American Cinema (film)
September 22 | Spell Freedom: The Underground Schools That Built the Civil Rights Movement by Elaine Weiss
October 27 | Descendants: The Story of Africatown, Alabama by Margaret Brown
December 1* | Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Black Appalachian Culinary Heritage by Crystal Wilkinson
*Note: the November and December meetings are combined and meet on Tuesday, December 1

NOTE: this session is available to attend in-person or through Zoom. You MUST REGISTER and indicate which you prefer.

If you need assistance with registration or getting your Zoom invitation, please email the library.

Basic written instructions for using Zoom may be found here and a brief video tutorial may be found here. Closed captioning is available for all our sessions. Information on enabling closed captioning in Zoom may be found here.