Clubs

The Diverse Characters Book Club provides an opportunity for the ETSU community to engage in materials they may not otherwise come across. Participants are asked to register, and will then be given a free copy of the semester's chosen title. The group meets twice a semester, during which time they are given the opportunity to discuss and digest content with other readers.

 The Spring 2025 read is Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi (2004)

From the publisher: Every Thursday morning for two years in the Islamic Republic of Iran, a bold and inspired teacher named Azar Nafisi secretly gathered seven of her most committed female students to read forbidden Western classics. As Islamic morality squads staged arbitrary raids in Tehran, fundamentalists seized hold of the universities, and a blind censor stifled artistic expression, the girls in Azar Nafisi's living room risked removing their veils and immersed themselves in the worlds of Jane Austen, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry James, and Vladimir Nabokov. In this extraordinary memoir, their stories become intertwined with the ones they are reading. Reading Lolita in Tehran is a remarkable exploration of resilience in the face of tyranny and a celebration of the liberating power of literature.

Register today for a free copy!