Sheldon Vol2 PINK

For more reading recommendations and literary liaisons as the season continues, visit thesheldon.org/read. Dive deeper into the experiences at The Sheldon with music and literature that fill your heart space, feed your soul and color your M e E r m o i . S The St. Louis Public Library and Sheldon Education Director Laurel Wacyk have worked together to curate a dynamic, wide-ranging reading list to accompany The Sheldon’s 2023- 2024 concert season. From beloved classics that transport us in time, to award-winning tales of immig ration, triumph, survival and adventure, these stor ie s w i th o ut b o rd e rs are a perfec companion o your season of curiosity. Sh E Ldon F O L THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD by Zora Neale Hurston DISSIDENT GARDENS by Jonathan Lethem BOUND FOR GLORY by Woody Guthrie THE BITTER END: HANGING OUT AT AMERICA’S NIGHTCLUB by Paul Colby WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON? 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN HISTORY IN 100 PROTEST SONGS by James Sullivan RHy t hm + THE MAMBO KINGS PLAY SONGS OF LOVE by Oscar Hijuelos THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald OH, PLAY THAT THING by Roddy Doyle BUT BEAUTIFUL: A BOOK ABOUT JAZZ by Geoff Dyer DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS by Walter Mosley H i t aKe r W o r ld M U S I C C onc e r t s CUBA: AN AMERICAN HISTORY by Ada Ferrer THE GODS OF TANGO by Carolina De Robertis OF WOMEN AND SALT by Gabriela Garcia INDIAN SUN: THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF RAVI SHANKAR by Oliver Craske THE BAD-ASS LIBRARIANS OF TIMBUKTU AND THEIR RACE TO SAVE THE WORLD’S MOST PRECIOUS MANUSCRIPTS by Joshua Hammer THE WONDROUS AND TRAGIC LIFE OF IVAN AND IVANA by Maryse Conde 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 K J A Z Z W 21 VOLUME Art that Takes Up Space