If you are looking for a good read for the summer, The Madonnas of Echo Park by Brando Skyhorse is a good candidate for your list.  The book has also been selected to be part of IWU’s Summer Reading Program.

The Summer Reading Program is an opportunity for incoming students to participate in a shared intellectual conversation with the IWU community. Students can express ideas about a The Madonnas of Echo Park that other IWU students, faculty, staff, and alumni have reading.  When Freshmen come for their first week at IWU, they can respectfully resound to ideas others bring to the discussion. 

You can participate in an alumni only book discussion group in Bloomington, Chicago or Washington DC, please click here to register or contact your area Alumni Regional President directly.  Click here to RSVP for the campus book discussion group on Friday, August 20, 6-8pm.

On Wednesday, September 3rd, the author will be discussing his book at the President’s Convocation at 11 am at Westbrook Auditorium in Presser Hall, IWU.   It’s will be a great opportunity to meet the author and hear more about the novel.

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