About the Book Club
The Beyond the Pages Staff Book Club seeks to create a space where UC San Diego staff can come together with fellow staff to read, discuss and learn from & with each other. Facilitated by the Cross-Cultural Center staff, we seek to uplift Black Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) authors, highlight stories that are often overlooked, and celebrate the tales of love, joy, struggle, survival, perseverance, family, friends, and community care.
Join our Winter Book Club!
Current read & meeting dates
Sister Outside by Audre Lorde
In this charged collection of fifteen essays and speeches, Lorde takes on sexism, racism, ageism, homophobia, and class, and propounds social difference as a vehicle for action and change. Her prose is incisive, unflinching, and lyrical, reflecting struggle but ultimately offering messages of hope. This commemorative edition includes a new foreword by Lorde-scholar and poet Cheryl Clarke, who celebrates the ways in which Lorde's philosophies resonate more than twenty years after they were first published.
These landmark writings are, in Lorde's own words, a call to “never close our eyes to the terror, to the chaos which is Black which is creative which is female which is dark which is rejected which is messy which is . . . ”
Book Club Kick Off
- Week 3 Wednesday January 21st 12-1pm
- Week 9 Wednesday March 4th 11:30-1:00pm
Past Books
White Horse by Erika T. Wurth
All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Matthews
Begin Again: James Baldwin's America by Eddie Glaude
Recommended Book Stores and Businesses
Libelula Books and Co (Local bookstore to support/visit)
Libélula, Spanish for "dragonfly", is an Queer BIPOC/ felonista owned independent bookstore located in Barrio Logan. Libélula is filled with publications that are social-justice driven including books in Spanish, LGBTQ+ literature, graphic novels, books on Feminism and grassroots organizing, and so much more.
Address: 950 S 26th St, San Diego, CA 92113
Libélula is located in Barrio Logan. To get there from UCSD using the trolley, you can take the UC San Diego Blue Line from the central campus stop to Barrio Logan, then walk 15 minutes to Libelula- giving you the perfect opportunity to explore Barrio Logan!
https://www.libelulabooksandco.com/
Instagram: /www.instagram.com/libelula_books_co/
Native Ground Coffee (for your reading beverage needs)
Native Ground Coffee is a Native American owned Coffee Company from the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian community in Arizona. Their products include a variety of tea, coffee grounds, and coffee pods.
https://www.nativegroundcoffee.com/