The Book Club on PBC Guru
Searching for your next great read? Looking to engage with fellow Sagehen readers? Join the Pomona College Book Club on PBC Guru. The book club connects Pomona alumni, professors, students, parents and staff to the intellectual vitality of campus. Every two months will bring a new selection to book club members. Then, participants can join their fellow Sagehens in the online forum for prompts and discussion, hosted by our PBC Guru moderator. Members can also look forward to author talks, faculty discussions and more!
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Current Book Selection: By Her Own Design: The Story of Ann Lowe, Society's Best-Kept Secret
The book club’s latest pick, “By Her Own Design: The Story of Ann Lowe, Society’s Best-Kept Secret” by Piper Huguley tells the untold tale of Ann Lowe, the visionary Black designer behind some of history’s iconic dresses, including Jacqueline Kennedy’s wedding gown. The story follows Lowe’s journey from growing up in Jim Crow Alabama to becoming a celebrated designer in New York City, overcoming adversity and abuse to pursue her passion.
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Past Selections
- A Tattoo on my Brain: A Neurologist's Personal Battle against Alzheimer's Disease by Dr. Daniel Gibbs ’73 P’05 P’11
- The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket by Benjamin Lorr
- Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
- The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston ’78 H’11
- 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows by Ai Weiwei and translated by Pomona College Professor of Chinese, Allan H. Barr
- The Fog Seller by Don Daglow ’74
- The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu by Tom Lin ’18
- Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience by Brené Brown
- The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi
- The Ground Breaking: An American City and Its Search for Justice by Scott Ellsworth P’24
- Humble Pi: When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World by Matt Parker
- The Leavers by Lisa Ko
- The Beauty in Breaking: A Memoir by Michele Harper
- If Beale Street Cold Talk by James Baldwin
- Circe by Madeline Miller
- Less by Andrew Sean Greer
- The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story by Douglas Preston '78
- Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem
- The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
- The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Pomona College Magazine Bookshelf
Would you like to know more about books authored by Pomona alumni and faculty? Pomona College Magazine has featured books written by members of the Pomona College community through its "Bookshelf" feature. Take a look at the current and past books on the shelf now.