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NKU Book Connection

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The NKU Book Connection is a program in Northern Kentucky University's academic plan for incoming freshmen. Introduced in 2000, it offers a common subject for students to discuss in their first year classes. The books chosen for inclusion in the program are by various writers from greatly differing backgrounds. Each touches on a different issue, such as race, class, identity, or gender.

Books in the program

  • 2000: The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother by James McBride
  • 2001: Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy
  • 2002: Honky by Dalton Conley
  • 2003: Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
  • 2004: Kindred by Octavia Butler
  • 2005: All But My Life by Gerda Weissmann Klein
  • 2006: Restavec by Jean-Robert Cadet
  • 2007: Lost Mountain by Erik Reece
  • 2008: Love My Rifle More Than You by Kayla Williams
  • 2009: Thirteen Women Strong by Robert K. Wallace
  • 2010: This I Believe by Jay Allison and Dan Gediman

    • References

    NKU Book Connection Wikipedia
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