Welcome to Last Tuesday: A Creative Book Club
Join us for monthly literary discussions about books designed to spark joy and creativity.
Last Tuesday is a community book club led by Lisa Ballew. The goal is to read and discuss books using creativity as a framework, and is open to anyone interested in reading some great books and engaging in creative conversation. Email info@fyamelrose.org to RSVP.
Meetings take place on the last Tuesday of the month at 10:30 with discussion starting at 11:00.
Our first discussion in September 2023 was on Rick Rubin’s celebrated 2022 book, The Creative Act: A Way of Being. Rubin’s point-of-view provided the framework for discussing our books.
Reading History: Kindred by Octavia Butler, These Precious Days by Ann Patchett, Just Kids by Patti Smith, The Optimist’s Daughter by Eudora Welty, Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino, Lost in Summerland: Essays by Brrett Swanson, and Family Family by Laurie Frankel.
It is our hope that these literary discussions about works by creative luminaries will spark joy and creativity in your life. Join us for what is surely to be a lively discussion!
Discussion starts at 11, but you are welcome to come at 10:30 to explore the gallery, chat with Lisa and be social!
Please email info@fyamelrose.org to RSVP
“I set out to write a book about what to do to make a great work of art. Instead, it revealed itself to be a book on how to be.”
– Rick Rubin
All of the books are available through The Melrose Public Library and the North Boston Noble Net Exchange in ebook, audio, and hard/paperback.
FYACS members receive 10% off purchases at Whitelam Books in Reading center.
Participation is free; donations are gratefully accepted to further our mission.
Lisa Sullivan Ballew is a recovering attorney, a wife, and a mother of two irrepressible youngsters. She has previously been published in The Boston Globe, WBUR’s Cognoscenti blog, Women’s Running, and Defenestration Magazine online. Somewhere, right now, she is working hard on her first novel.