MJ Johnston presents her book choice, "Supremacy: AI,
ChatGPT, and the Race That Will Change the World"
by Parmy Olson.

 

 

 

AACLSC Book Discussions

 

Every Thursday afternoon at 12:15 on the Porch of the Literary Arts Center at Alumni Hall, a fellow Chautauquan will present a book of their choice over lunchtime.  Speakers present and discuss their book and then open the porch for questions, comment, and observations.  Come, bring your lunch, and spend your lunchtime with us as we discover a new book together!

 

 

2026 
AACLSC Book Discussions

 

 

Week 1
July 2, 2026
12:15 - Alumni Hall Porch

The Worlds I See: Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI

by Dr. Fei-Fei Li

 

Presented by

MJ Johnston

 

 

 

 

Week 2
July 9, 2026

12:15 - Alumni Hall Porch

Loving Frank

by Nancy Horan

 

Presented by

Margaret Edwards

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 3
July 16
12:15 - Alumni Hall Porch

How to Read a Tree

by Tristan Gooley

 

Presented by

Kate Mayberry, BTG Club

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 4
July 23, 2026
12:15 - Alumni Hall Porch

 

Counting the Cost or A Summer at Chautauqua

by Cornelia A Teal (1889)

 

Presented by:

Dr. Welling Hall

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 5
July 30
12:15 - Alumni Hall Porch

 

My Beloved

by Jan Karon

 

Presented by

Scott Eckstrom

Director, Smith Memorial Library

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 7

August 13, 2026
12:15 - Alumni Hall Porch

 

The Correspondent

by Virginia Evans

and

Theo of Golden

by Allen Levi

 

Presented by:

Peter Franklin

 

          

 

 

 

 

 

Week 8
August 20, 2026
12:15 - Alumni Hall Porch

 

 

 

 

 

The 2026 Chautauqua Prize Winner

Presented by Stephine Hunt
Interim Michael I Rudell Director of Literary Arts