Fall / Winter 2025-2026
Examining the "Other" - immigration stories in fiction, non fiction and poetry.
Presenter by:
Kase Johnstun
September 25, 2025: Poetry.
West: A Translation
by Paisley Rhekdal
October 9, 2025: Fiction.
Bless Me Ultima
by Rudolfo Anaya.
October 23, 2025: Research/Memoir.
The Cost of Free Land
by Rebecca Clarren.
November 13, 2025: Nonfiction/Memoir.
Nisei Daughter
by Monica Sone
January 8, 2026: Fiction.
The Missing Morningstar & Other Stories
by Stacie Denetsosie
January 22, 2026: Fiction/Nonfiction.
Juneteenth
by Ralph Ellison
Excerpts from the 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
by Nicole Hannah-Jones
https://www.npr.org/2021/11/17/1056404654/nikole-hannah-jones-1619-project
February 12, 2026: Fiction
Have You Seen Luis Velez?
by Catherine Ryan Hyde
Winter/Spring 2025-2026
In a Woman's Voice
Presented by:
Lisa Bickmore
February 26, 2026:
Crazy Brave
by Joy Harjo (W. W. Norton)
March 12, 2026
Terroir
by Natasha Saje (Trinity University Press)
March 26, 2026:
Thick
by Tressie McMillan Cottam (The New Press)
April 9, 2026:
The Woman Warrior
by Maxine Hong Kingston (Knopf)
April 23, 2026:
How to Say Babylon
by Safiya Sinclair (37 Ink)
May 7, 2026:
Liliana’s Invincible Summer: A Sister’s Search for Justice
by Cristina Rivera Garza (Hogarth)
May 21, 2026:
Bookish
by Lucy Mangan (Vintage)
Daria Lunch meetings are held at
The Office and Conference Center of the Episcopal Diocese of Utah
75 South 200 E SLC, UT
The next DARIA meeting is on
Thursday, September 25, 2025
Book: West A Translation
By Paisley Rhekdal
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