During our first session, we will discuss, via Zoom, Shelter and Storm: At Home in the Driftless. Tamara Dean (2025). If you are new to the book club, please email club coordinator, Jean Matthiessen, at jean@jdcf.org to be placed on our email list to receive the Zoom link.  JDCF does not share, sell, or otherwise […]

Join JDCF and the Galena Public Library for Galena LitFest: The Work of Poetry with IL Poet Laureate Mark Turcotte in the historic Hess House at JDCF's Mąą Pįį Preserve. Illinois Poet Laureate Mark Turcotte (Turtle Mountain Band Anishinaabe) will present a night of poetry and conversation in partnership with the Galena Public Library and […]

During our second session, we will discuss, via Zoom, Voices from Bears Ears: Seeking Common Ground on Sacred Land. Rebecca Robinson (2018). If you are new to the book club, please email club coordinator, Jean Matthiessen, at jean@jdcf.org to be placed on our email list to receive the Zoom link.  JDCF does not share, sell, […]

During our third session, we will discuss, via Zoom, How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We’re Going. Vaclav Smil (2022).  A final, in-person session will be held in April.  Date and time TBD. If you are new to the book club, please email club coordinator, Jean Matthiessen, […]