Czech and Slovak Literature Ventures 2022-2023

Discussions are cosponsored by the Czech and Slovak Cultural Center of Minnesota,
Czech and Slovak Sokol Minnesota, and the Office of the Honorary Consul for the Czech Republic.

Meetings are currently held both in-person and virtually.

Saturday, September 17, 10 a.m. – noon
Ivan Lendl: The Man Who Made Murray by Mark Hodgkinson – Book discussion

Saturday, October 22, 10 a.m. – noon
The Hussites by Stephen E. Lahey – Book discussion

Saturday, November 19, 10 a.m. – noon
Memory Speaks: On Losing and Reclaiming Language and Self by Julie Sedivy – Book discussion

Saturday, December 17, 10 a.m. – noon
Thinking about Ordinary Things: A Short Invitation to Philosophy by Jan Sokol – Book
discussion

Saturday, January 28, 10 a.m. – noon
From Good King Wenceslas to the Good Soldier Švejk: A Dictionary of Czech Popular
Culture by Andrew Lawrence Roberts – Discussion of selections from the book

Saturday, February 25, 10 a.m. – noon
Daughters of the Winter Queen: Four Remarkable Sisters, the Crown of Bohemia, and The
Enduring Legacy of Mary, Queen of Scots by Nancy Goldstone – Book discussion

Saturday, March 25, 10 a.m. – noon
Today We Die a Little: Emil Zátopek, Olympic Legend to Cold War Hero by Richard
Askwith – Book discussion

Saturday, April 22, 10 a.m. – noon
Czechoslovakia: Behind the Iron Curtain by Zuzana Palovic and Gabriela Bereghazyova – Book discussion

Saturday, May 27, 10 a.m. – noon
Helga’s Diary: A Young Girl’s Account of Life in a Concentration Camp by Helga Weiss
– Book discussion