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Book Clubs

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Overview

This page will continue to be updated as new book clubs form.

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Spring 2026 Book Club Faculty Learning Community

Join us for the Spring 2026 book club where we’ll read Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler and Let this Radicalize You by Kelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba. This faculty book club will provide a space for participants to reflect on what these books teach us about the dangers of authoritarianism and lessons for survival, resistance, and solidarity. We’ll also discuss how these themes connect to our work at CSUF in the classroom, with colleagues, and in the larger community.

This Faculty Learning Community (FLC) consists of six, 90-minute virtual meetings with each meeting worth 1.5 credits towards the FDC INCLUSIVE certificate on diversity and inclusion in teaching. The FDC will provide the books.

Facilitated by: Dr. Sapna Chopra, Associate Professor, Department of Human Services

Meetings are on  the following Fridays from 1:00-2:30 PM on Zoom

  • Feb 27
  • March 13
  • March 27
  • April 10
  • April 24
  • May 8

Book Descriptions:

  • Parable of the Talents (sequel to Parable of the Sower) is a post-apocalyptic novel by award-winning Octavia E Butler with timely messages related to resistance and community building in the face of social, environmental, and economic chaos.
  • Let This Radicalize You, written by organizers and movement educators Kelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba, offers hope and strategies for collective care and liberation. The title comes from Kaba: “Let this radicalize you rather than lead you to despair” as an invitation not to get lost in despair but to reimagine possibilities, organize, and build a better world.

Registration

Register using the Spring 2026 Book Club FLC registration form.  If the group fills, please email sapnachopra@fullerton.edu to be added to a waitlist.

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Eligibility

Book Club activities, and resources are open and available to all who are interested in applying and/or participating, regardless of race, sex, color, ethnicity, national origin, or any other protected status.

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