Welcome to J-Sei’s Virtual Book Club!
Our next book that we’ll be reading together is SOUTHLAND by Nina Revoyr
ENGAGING IN BOOK CLUB
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Join the J-Sei Virtual Book Club and connect with others as we delve into Southland, a timely and standout literary crime novel by Nina Revoyr written in 2003.
Buy the Book – We have arranged with Eastwind Books to handle book sales. You can order Southland online at the discounted price at $14.75 and either pick up at the store, arrange for shipping or designate J-Sei for delivery/pick-up in the comments.
READING – For this book, we will have you read at your own pace and leisure through the month of October. As you’re reading, you can comment online as it strikes you with fellow book club members on Discord or the secure Book Club webpage.
REFLECTING – An occasional posting will be added during the month as a check in. Click on READ MORE for the full post and comment section. You’re free to respond to my comments and also submit your own observations, opinions, and questions in the Comment area of the Post.
CHAT – For an online chat with fellow book club participants, connect to DISCORD. To connect to DISCORD, click on the CONNECT button in the DISCORD box below. If it’s your first time, you will need to create an account. Once you are in the JSei Community, find the Book Club Channel on the left column. You can read the chat, add your own comments and reflections. If the group would like to have an online video chat, that can be arranged too.
MEET THE AUTHOR – We are in the process of contacting the author to see if a book conversation can be scheduled.
JOIN BOOK CLUB – For those interested in participating, send inquiry here.
– Kathy Hashimoto, moderator
J-Sei Book Club Pick: Southland
In Southland, the award-winning second novel, Nina Revoyr brings us a compelling story of race, love, murder, and history against the backdrop of Los Angeles. Southland explores the fragile and sometimes painful misunderstandings that occur across the lines of race and culture. Moving in and out of the past, from the shipping yards and internment camps of World War II; to the barley fields of the Crenshaw District in the 1930s; to the streets of protest in Watts in the 1960s; to the night spots and garment factories of the 1990s, Southland weaves a tale of Los Angeles in all of its faces and forms.
Scroll down for Author Bio of Nina Revoyr.
Reflections & Check-in
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J-Sei’s Virtual Book Club: Southland by Nina Revoyr
Join the Club, Buy the Book Join the J-Sei Virtual Book Club and connect with others as we delve into Southland, a timely and standout literary crime novel by Nina Revoyr written in 2003. Book Club format: Curl up and read at your own pace. As you’re reading, you can...
“A story about injustice dressed up as a detective novel, Southland reminds us that activism is both an ongoing project and a deeply personal choice.”
—Vallaire Wallace, Electric Lit
Nina Revoyr was born in Japan to a Japanese mother and a white American father, and grew up in Tokyo, Wisconsin, and Los Angeles. She is the author of several novels: The Necessary Hunger (1998), Southland (2003), The Age of Dreaming (2008), Wingshooters (2011), Lost Canyon (2015), and A Student of History (2019). Nina was a longtime executive vice president and chief operating officer of a nonprofit organization serving children affected by violence and poverty in Los Angeles. She now works in philanthropy, as part of an effort to improve economic mobility for low-income children and their families. Nina has been an Associate Faculty member at Antioch University, and a Visiting Professor at Cornell University, Occidental College, Pitzer College, and Pomona College. She lives in Los Angeles with her spouse and their dogs.