Library Talk: Poverty in Iowa: Evicted: A Very Special Books That Will Change Your Life: A Nonfiction Book Club Event

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Adults
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The Des Moines Public Library is partnering with other Iowa libraries and Uplift - The Central Iowa Basic Income Pilot on a series of programs aimed at having important community conversations about poverty and its effect on Iowa. For more information about the series and about Uplift, please go to dmpl.org/poverty.

Join us for a monthly conversation around a life-changing nonfiction book.  Each month we’ll select a book that will change your perspective, give you new strategies for handling life’s challenges, or deepen your understanding of a topic.

Some of the books have been recommended by local community leaders who told us which books inspired them in their lives and work. Other selections are our favorites or are popular with you, our patrons (based on length of holds lists or number of checkouts), or have otherwise won acclaim.

This month we will be reading Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond.

Limited copies of the book will be available at the Central Library Pickup Window starting June 13.

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