Daley’s Century Club Series: The 5th installment of SouthCoast s Biggest Reading Club
By Lauren Daley
This is why local journalism matters.
This. Right here.
I started this Century Club eight years ago on a dream that some SouthCoasters would take up my challenge to read at least 25 books to get mentioned in this column.
Today, we are a full-on #CenturyClubSeries.
I have a record-number and readers from every SouthCoast town.
So many in fact, that this is the fifth installment of the 2020 Century Club Members. If you missed the first four, follow me on Twitter and Facebook to catch up. (Print readers: both links are listed at the end of this column. Follow me!)
Jan 30, 2021
Sixteen notable writers have created a combined list of places that they believe helped shape and define America, from coastal Oregon and Solvang, California, to Ellis Island and New Hampshire’s Black Heritage Trail.
The resulting collection of mini-essays, including contributions from memoirist Cheryl Strayed, novelist Jodi Picoult, humorist David Sedaris and activist Gloria Steinem, was organized by Frommer’s, the travel guidebook company. The collection can be read for free online.
The compilation is designed to be food for thought rather than an invitation to hit the road.
With COVID-19 cases surging in many parts of the country, “we don’t want people to use these essays as the basis for travel until doing so is safe once again,” Pauline Frommer, who heads the guidebook company, told the AP. “We hope this list will be a spur to future travel, but we also just wanted it to be great reading right now.”
The Associated Press
FILE - This undated image shows a view of Serpent Mound in Pleasant Hill, Ohio. The location is featured in a collection of mini-essays by American writers published online by the Frommer s guidebook company about places they believe helped shape and define America. (The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP, File)
Sixteen notable writers have created a combined list of places that they believe helped shape and define America, from coastal Oregon and Solvang, California, to Ellis Island and New Hampshire’s Black Heritage Trail.
The collection of mini-essays, including contributions from memoirist Cheryl Strayed, novelist Jodi Picoult, humorist David Sedaris and activist Gloria Steinem, was organized by Frommer’s, the travel guidebook company. The collection can be read for free online.
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