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Join us for the OE Book Club. Wine and Lite Bites are included in the ticket.Held in person at Oxford Exchange on the second Tuesday of every month. This book club focuses on literary novels that stand the test of time and inspire thoughtful discussion.
Books are available in-person at the Oxford Exchange bookstore, or purchase through our online shop.
JAMES | Percival Everett
A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view.
When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father, recently returned to town. As all readers of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and too-often-unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond.
While many narrative set pieces of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn remain in place (floods and storms, stumbling across both unexpected death and unexpected treasure in the myriad stopping points along the river’s banks, encountering the scam artists posing as the Duke and Dauphin…), Jim’s agency, intelligence and compassion are shown in a radically new light.
Upcoming Book Club Titles
August - Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez
September - House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
October - Carrie by Stephen King
November - Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
December - Coraline by Neil Gaiman
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Oxford Exchange, 420 W Kennedy Blvd,Tampa,FL,United States
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