{"id":18796,"date":"2020-08-05T15:26:20","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T15:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/pnr\/?p=18796"},"modified":"2026-02-03T18:45:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T18:45:03","slug":"gain-perspective-on-pandemics-with-the-nnlm-reading-club","status":"archive","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/gain-perspective-on-pandemics-with-the-nnlm-reading-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Gain Perspective on Pandemics with the NNLM Reading Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Diving into fiction can help us understand more about the realities we face. As day-to- day life continues to be shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic, NNLM Reading Club calls your attention to three literary works focusing on the impact of pandemics or infectious disease.<\/p>\n<p>The NNLM <em>All of Us <\/em>Community Engagement Network is pleased to announce its three book selections <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18799 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/pnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/August_2020_Book_Club_Cover_Image_200716-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/August_2020_Book_Club_Cover_Image_200716-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/August_2020_Book_Club_Cover_Image_200716.jpg 766w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>for August:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Murmur of Bees <\/em>by Sof\u00eda Segovia, translated by Simon Bruni<\/li>\n<li><em>Severance: A Novel <\/em>by Ling Ma<\/li>\n<li><em>A Song for a New Day <\/em>by Sarah Pinsker<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Set within the 1918 influenza pandemic and the Mexican Revolution, <em>The Murmur of Bees <\/em>continues the Latin American tradition of magical realism associated with writers like Gabriel Garc\u00eda M\u00e1rquez and Isabel Allende. <em>Severance <\/em>is more dystopian, but with a sense of satire amid the outcomes of an apocalyptic plague. <em>A Song for a New Day <\/em>explores a musician\u2019s experience in a pandemic that makes public gatherings illegal and concerts impossible.<\/p>\n<p>While you are exploring fictional stories amid outbreaks, we encourage you to stay informed about real-life infectious disease. To learn more about each of these titles and to download book discussion guides, promotional materials and infectious disease information, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/nnlm.gov\/all-of-us\/nnlm-reading-club\">NNLM Reading Club<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diving into fiction can help us understand more about the realities we face. As day-to- day life continues to be shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic, NNLM Reading Club calls your attention to three literary works focusing on the impact of pandemics or infectious disease. The NNLM All of Us Community Engagement Network is pleased to&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/gain-perspective-on-pandemics-with-the-nnlm-reading-club\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1172,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[94,9,4,251,11],"tags":[95,119,157,57,178,124],"class_list":["post-18796","post","type-post","status-archive","format-standard","hentry","category-all-of-us","category-health-literacy","category-regional-news","category-pnr-weekly-digest","category-public-libraries","tag-all-of-us","tag-consumer-health","tag-disease-outbreak","tag-health-literacy","tag-nnlm-reading-club","tag-public-library"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1172"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18796"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18803,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18796\/revisions\/18803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}