Burke Book Club | Rising from the Plains
Date & Time
Thursday, November 19, 2026
6:30 p.m.
Doors open at 6 p.m.
This event is in the past.
Tickets
FREE and open to the public;
Registration required.
Join us for a relaxing evening with the Burke Book Club!
Each month, we’ll hear from Burke staff about a book they recommend. Feel free to read the book ahead of time, or join us to learn more about the selection.
Our November selection is Rising from the Plains by John McPhee.
Discussion will be led by Burke Museum Paleobotany Collections and Lab Manager Paige Wilson Deibel.
All book club titles are available for purchase in the Burke Store.
About Rising from the Plains
Rising from the Plains is John McPhee's third book on geology and geologists. Following Basin and Range and In Suspect Terrain, it continues to present a cross section of North America along the fortieth parallel—a series gathering under the overall title Annals of the Former World. (From MacMillan Publishing)
Upcoming Book Club Events
Thursday, December 17
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of the Their Lost World
Thursday, January 21
Unsettling Native Art Histories on the Northwest Coast
Thursday, February 18
Unmaking the Bomb: Environmental Cleanup and the Politics of Impossibility
Thursday, March 18
Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature
