Barstow Reads is modeled on the One Book One City/Community or One Book One School/Campus model. By reading the same text, community members come together to share, discuss, and engage with one another in a common literary experience. The One Book/One Community model offers the Barstow area an opportunity to promote literacy by reading and celebrating the written word; it demonstrates the value of human stories and allows community members to perhaps find common ground.
Barstow Reads 2025 Presents Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Body by Rebekah Taussig
Kick-Off Event
Wednesday, March 26, 2025, from 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm in B-01
Barstow Reads is kicking off the 2025 community wide One book, One community series of reading events with a focus on people with disabilities.
Join us in the PAC lobby for a presentation and student panel.
Read-Around Events
Wednesdays: March 26, April 19, and April 23 from 12:30-1:30 pm in L29
Read arounds are one-hour sessions where we read excerpts of the book and have a group discussion. All read-around events are held on specific Wednesdays from 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm in L29 (Faculty Resource Center in the TLSC) and through Zoom.
Author Visit
Friday, May 9, 2025, from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm in the PAC Main Theater
Join us for an evening of meeting the author, Rebekah Taussig. 5:00 pm - 6:15 pm: Author introduction, author passage reading, and Q&A 6:15 pm - 7:00 pm: Author book signing
Resources:
One Book, One San Diego | KPBS Public Media
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One Book, One San Diego is our region's premier literary program. Now in its 16th year, the purpose is to bring our community closer together through the shared experience of reading and discussing the same book. Each year, One Book, One San Diego features one book for adults, one for teens, one for kids and one for Spanish language readers (One Book Sin Fronteras). |
