this article was written years before so prior to quarantine (duh) but i do like reading it in the context of the present bc it reminds us that there's still hope for organizing activities here yet lololol

a large part of organizing a club is just making sure it's accommodating for everyone involved :-) i think most of these questions center around that! though of course that's also just the natural duty of a leader.

does ccny have a book club... i know we don't have a creative writing club which is making me a little crazy. we need one asap

this is more of a class matter than a club matter, but i remember in fifth grade, our teacher called the author of the book we were reading as a class so we could ask her questions about it. the book was called edward's eyes and it was by patricia maclachlan. she had written it years in advance, i think, and struggled with some of our questions (probably b/c they were silly ones being asked by 10 year olds). i remember someone asked why the book was called edward's eyes and she said that was catchier than bobby's eyes which i thought was pretty funny. i really liked that book, i borrowed it from the library the summer vacation before middle school and i think i lied that i lost it so i could pay the fine and keep it though i think....the smarter decision... would've been to just buy the book?

anyway that was a pretty neat experience. meeting with authors should definitely be a big part of book clubs! it's always interesting to contextualize the perspective of a piece of writing with its writer, and in some cases, it's necessary in order to understand them.

can we add "availability on pirateing sites" to this list also