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One thing all alumnae share is a love of reading and talking about good books. To celebrate this favorite pastime during our 125th anniversary year, the Alumnae Association has developed a unique worldwide book club for alumnae only. Here's how it works: Smith clubs and Smith book clubs are invited to select a book from the list below and then schedule the appropriate faculty member to lead a discussion exclusively for club members. Don't worry if you don't belong to a club; faculty will be hosting online discussions throughout the year. The birthday book club is a terrific way to connect with a Smith faculty member and celebrate great literature with fellow alumnae. To request and arrange a faculty discussion, contact Betsy Baird at bbaird@smith.edu, 800-526-2023, ext. 4.




H. Robert Burger Achilles Professor of Geology	Bill McGuire Surviving Armageddon: Solutions for a Threatened Planet

Justin Cammy Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies and Comparative Literature	Franz Kafka The Trial

Donna Robinson Divine Morningstar Family Professor of Jewish Studies and Professor of Government	Amos Oz A Tale of Love and Darkness

Michael Gorra Mary Augusta Jordan Professor of English Language and Literature	Ian McEwan Atonement Henry James The Portrait of a Lady

Ellen Kaplan Professor of Theatre	William Shakespeare The Tempest

Maureen Mahoney Dean of the College	Karen Armstrong The Spiral Staircase

Naomi Miller Professor of English Language and Literature and the Study of Women & Gender, Director of Institutional Diversity, Assistant to the President of the College	Barbara Kingsolver Prodigal Summer Barbara Kingsolver Small Wonder: Essays ("Small Wonder", pp. 1-21;"Knowing Our Place," pp.31-40)

Cornelia Pearsall Associate Professor of English Language and Literature	A.S Byatt Possession "Morpho Eugenia" or The Conjugial Angel in Angels and Insects: Two Novellas

Tom Riddell Dean of the First-Year Class Associate Dean of the College	Zadie Smith On Beauty Tracy Kidder Mountains Beyond Mountains

Patricia Skarda Professor of English Language and Literature	Louisa May Alcott Little Women Geraldine Brooks March Katharine Weber The Little Women

Michael Thurston Associate Professor of English Language and Literature	Ellen Bryant Voigt Kyrie James Joyce The Dead

Susan Van Dyne Chair Program for the Study of Women & Gender	Margaret Atwood Alias Grace Carol Shields The Stone Diaries

Jennifer L. Walters Dean of Religious Life	Joan Didion The Year of Magical Thinking Marilynne Robinson Gilead

Steven A. Williams Gates Professor of Biology	John M. Barry The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History (Revised Edition 2005)

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