Cover to Guantánamo Diary

The Libraries are proud to sponsor and host a set of group reading sessions on this year’s Freshman Common Reading text.

GROUP READING: “Guantánamo Diary” (9/3)

Location: Thompson Memorial Library (various locations within the building)

Time: 8:00pm

Please note: this event is restricted to members of the Vassar community.

Author Mohamedou Ould Slahi

Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s Guantánamo Diary was the Freshman Common Reading this year. This event is designed to give everyone on the Vassar campus, including many who have not read the book, an opportunity to hear Slahi’s powerful voice and to gain an understanding of his experiences, through readings of key passages from the book. Readers include students, administrators, and faculty.

Note: The readings will take place in several locations in the library; directions will be available in the lobby.

Editor Larry Siems

Related resource: a research guide is available at http://libguides.vassar.edu/commonreading2015, containing recommended resources such as books, articles, films, and documents.