The Displaced:
Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives
edited by Viet Thanh Nguyen

Monday, September 28, 2026
5 to 6 PM

Book List September 2026 to August 2027

 

The S.U.R.E. Diversity Book Club (2026-2027) will meet on the third Monday each month,

at the Swampscott Public Library, in the Raymond Room.

Due to holidays, September, January, and February meetings will be on the fourth Monday of the month.

Below are our books. The Swampscott Library website also provides book titles each month.

Books can be picked up at the main desk.

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September 28, 2026 (Sep.27: World Day of Migrants and Refugees)

The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives, edited by Viet Thanh Nguyen (essays)

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October 19, 2026 (October 8th : International Lesbian’s Day)

In the Dream House, by Carmen Maria Machado (memoir)

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November 16, 2026 (Native American Heritage Month)

There, There by Tommy Orange (fiction)

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December 21, 2026 (Human Rights Day)

The Future is Peace by Maoz Inan and Aziz Abu Sarah (nonfiction)

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January 25 (4th Monday), 2027 (Muslim American Heritage Month)

Defiance: A Memoir of Awakening, Rebellion, and Survival in Syria, by Loubna Mrie

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February 22, 2027 (4th Monday) (Black History Month)

The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson (nonfiction)

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March 15, 2027 (March 8: International Women’s Day)

Believing, by Anita Hill (nonfiction)

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April 19, 2027 (Celebrate Diversity Month)

The History of White People, by Nell Irvin Painter (nonfiction)

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May 17, 2027 (Asian-American Heritage Month)

On Gold Mountain by Lisa See (nonfiction)

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June 21, 2027 (Caribbean-American Heritage Month)

Keeper of My Kin by Ada Ferrer (Cuban memoir)

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July 19, 2027 (Disability Pride Month)

Disability Visibility (nonfiction: essays)

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Aug.16, 2027 (Black August)

Backtalker by Kimberle Crenshaw (memoir)