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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">Dear postdocs,</span></p>

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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><i>'And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.'</i></span></div>

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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><i>- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby. </i></span></div>

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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">Welcome to the summer!! This is a reminder of our second book club event. We are reading

<b>James by Percival Everett</b></span></p>

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<b>Goodreads </b>review: <span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" role="presentation">

<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/173754979-james" id="OWA8c82f8df-624a-e399-90ab-527e8ec45fa9" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/173754979-james</a></span></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); align-self: start;">

Read/listen to <b>NPR's</b> review: <span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" role="presentation">

<a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/12/30/1222276528/nprs-book-of-the-day-percival-everett-james" id="OWA660766e0-f7e6-5467-3c79-7e5d1a3e97d4" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">https://www.npr.org/2024/12/30/1222276528/nprs-book-of-the-day-percival-everett-james</a></span></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); align-self: start; text-indent: 0px;">

<b>New York Times*</b> review: <span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" role="presentation">

<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/11/books/review/percival-everett-james.html" id="OWA9fc50754-9ab5-0985-4bab-ca61a9cfd4fc" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/11/books/review/percival-everett-james.html</a></span></li></ul>

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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><b>When:</b> June 26th, 2025, Thursday</span></p>

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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><b>Where:</b> Building 68 scholar's lounge</span></p>

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Looking forward to seeing you there! You can also join the <b>mitpda-bookclub</b> Slack channel for future communications.</div>

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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">Cheers,</span></p>

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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">Ayoub, David, Olivia, Shahina, Yiqiao, and Zoe</span></p>

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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">MIT PDA Community Building Committee Book Club Team</span></p>

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