Geography asks three questions:This post is an echo of my May 2025 post Africa Book Club. I am creating it for much the same reason, as a resource for an upper-level geography survey course. Please read that post to better understand the purpose of the list below. Whereas that post was created primarily for GEOG 388 Africa: People, Resources, and Development, this one is for GEOG 381 Latin America: Globalization and Cohesion.
In both cases, BBC journalist Harriett Gilbert exemplifies global citizenship through her discussions with authors around the world. Those who call into the program are as geographically diverse as the writers themselves.
In both cases, the title of the blog post is a play on the program/programme/podcast title World Book Club, which is truly global in its scope. With these posts -- and related assignments in these courses -- I hope to inspire students to value the humanities in their learning about places.
Scanning the titles in the WBC Archive, the following (in reverse broadcast order) are those that are focused on authors and books (mostly novels) from the Latin American realm. Apologies if I missed any in my cursory exploration.
October 2025 - Mexico
Silvia Moreno-Garcia - Mexican Gothic (2020)
June 2024 - Bolivia
Miriam Toews: Women Talking (2018)
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