Summer 2025: Book Club: Summer Reads

• Read 3 books over the cycle
• Approach literary texts with a critical view
• Articulate what works and doesn’t work about a text
• Connect classic and contemporary literature to current events
• Write a book review

Coursework

Complete each lesson in the the following course. (Include or remove lines as applicable. As you progress through each lesson, make sure to press complete before moving on to the next.

Mentorship

You are in one of the following pair types. You pair type is listed on your GWN Portal profile.

• Type 1: Mentor/Mentee: Meet 2 times per month and, as a pair, attend one of the engagement events listed below at least once per month. See below for the dates.
• Type 2 : Peer-to-Peer: Meet 2 times per month and, as a pair, attend one of the engagement events listed below at least once per month. See below for the dates.

Engagement Types

• Journey Meetings
• Salon

Submissions

• Review of one book read during the cycle (800-1500 words) or submit to this contest by August 1.

• July 1, 2025: Crying in H Mart Further Reading
• July 28, 2025: Home Is Not a Country Further Reading
• August 25, 2025: The Book of Alchemy Further Reading

• June 17, 2025: Orientation Studio (7-8pm ET)
• July 28, 2025: Journey Meeting (6-7pm ET)
• August 25, 2025: Journey Meeting (6-7pm ET)
• September 27, 2025: Journey Meeting (12-1pm ET)

Submit your review through the portal by September 29. If you’d like feedback from the Journey Lead (Annaya Baynes), put a link to a Google Doc in the comments of the “Where to Read about Books” lesson. Alternatively, submit to this contest by August 1.