CBC Reads!: September 2010

Friday, September 24, 2010

New Book Chosen for 2010-2011

For the 2010-2011 academic year, the CBC Reads Committee has chosen Refresh, Refresh, a collection of short stories by Benjamin Percy . Our goal is to get students, faculty, staff and administration to read and discuss the book. Faculty members may wish to incorporate the book into classes.

Amazon Preview (Click the book cover image to Look Inside a few pages.)
Find a library copy ( The CBC Library is in the process of ordering.)

Sample short stories from the book (full text):

Refresh, Refresh, the title short story, as it was originally published in The Paris Review.

Somebody is Going to Have to Pay For This, short story, as it was published in The Barcelona Review.

Additional sample short story:
Dial Tone , short story, as it was published in the Missouri Review. (Click on the "Download this text" button to download the PDF full text.)

Book Reviews
from EBSCOhost Academic Search Premier (Published Reviews)
from Amazon.com (Online User Reviews)
from Google Books (Online User Reviews)
from Barnes and Noble website (Scroll down to see Overview & Editorial Reviews)

CBC Reads Committee

Chair:
Woods, Meg (History)

Current Members:
Bourouh, Chaoura (Sociology)
Brouns, Donna (Counseling)
Epperly, Julia (Basic Skills)
Lee, Michael (English)
James, Gwen (English)
Meadows, Deborah (Dean of Social Sciences)
Robinson, Margaret (ASCBC, SAB Officer)
Taff, Mark (Anthropology)
Valadez, Martin (VP for Diversity/Outreach)
Yu, Ying (Library)

Past Members:
Vickoren, Daniel (ASCBC, Education Programmer)
Martinez, Lupe (AOT)