One Book, One University: The Color Purple  

The One Book, One University Program is sponsored by the Governors State University Intellectual Life Committee. The One Book program is part of a nationwide movement which started in Seattle in 1998 to bring a community together to read and discuss the same literary work. Other GSU selections have included Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi,  To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin.

you also may enjoy these selections:

Beloved - Morrison, Toni

ISBN: 1400033411

Publication Date: 1987

"After Paul D. finds his old slave friend Sethe in Ohio and moves in with her and her daughter Denver, a strange girl comes along by the name of "Beloved." Sethe and Denver take her in and then strange things begin to happen." -- WorldCat

Getting to Happy - McMillan, T.

ISBN: 9780670022045

Publication Date: 2010

From the Publisher (via WorldCat): "An exuberant return to the four unforgettable heroines of Waiting to Exhale-the novel that changed African American fiction forever. Now, [Terry] McMillan revisits Savannah, Gloria, Bernadine, and Robin fifteen years later."

Join the GSU community in a discussion of The Color Purple, Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. The book was made into a movie in 1985 and a Tony Award-winning musical play as well. The National Touring Company will bring the exciting musical to the Center for Performing Arts at GSU at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday,  Feb. 8, 2012.  For ticket information, click here! But first, come to the discussion

from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.,

Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012,

in the Hall of Honors

at GSU.

Please RSVP at: lruetten@govst.edu or ext. 4116

This book and the movie made from it are available at the GSU Library! Check for availability. You can check the local libraries for a copy of the book or movie, too.

Dr. Terry Allison, Provost of Governors State University, discusses the choice of The Color Purple for One Book, One University.

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