Books and Coffee: Season 52
We are excited to announce today the program for Books and Coffee 2026: Season 52. This year we will be in Ballroom C of the Harre Union for all of our sessions, and we will be zooming again in case you can’t make it in person.
Here’s the link: https://valpo-edu.zoom.us/j/85263739972?pwd=fIQaypBbcfRDbZW27oq6ueaUrrJbXn.1
We are very excited about the books and very excited about our reviewers. Excited and grateful. We haven’t produced a poster yet but wanted you to get the news in plenty of time to purchase your copies or order them at the library. I will send our list to Barnes and Noble and The Press as well as to the University Bookstore in hopes they will stock plenty of copies.
We look forward to seeing you in January. Note we do not meet February 19th.
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Schedule
Thursday, Jan. 15: Sara Danger, Department of English, reviewing The Life and Times of Hannah Crafts: The True Story of the Bondwoman’s Narrative byGregg Hecimovich
Thursday, Jan. 22: Agnes Howard, Christ College, reviewing Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood
Thursday, Jan. 29: George Potter, Department of English, reviewing The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Thursday, Feb. 5: Stacy Hoult, Department of World Language and Cultures, The Vegetarian, by Han Kang
Thursday, Feb. 12: Jennifer Hora, Department of Political Science, The Stadium: An American History of Politics Protest and Play, by Frank Andre Guridy
Thursday, Feb. 19: NO BOOKS AND COFFEE
Thursday, Feb. 26: Ann Marie Jakubowski, Lilly Fellow, Christ College, Intermezzo, by Sally Rooney
Thursday, Mar. 5, John Ruff, Department of English, Ocean Vuong, The Emperor of Gladness
Good News
Sarah Glenn DeMaris, Senior Research Professor in German, recently presented "Das Unterlindener Schwesternbuch: Werdegang einer Handschrift im Bodenseeraum" (The Unterlinden Sisterbook: Origins of a Lake Constance Manuscript) at the Salem Monastery and Palace complex by Lake Constance, Germany. The presentation was part of a conference about the cultural and literary landscape at Lake Constance in the late medieval period.
Nicholas Denysenko Published
Nicholas Denysenko, Emil and Elfriede Jochum University Professor and Chair and Professor of Religious Studies, has published a new book titled "Orthodox Christianity: The Basics," with Routledge publishing.