“The Yellow Birds” by Kevin Powers has been selected as the One Book, One Community, or OBOC, novel for 2013.
“This fictional contemporary war novel is a timely selection, given that this year marks the 10th anniversary of the start of the Iraq War,” Acting Provost June Youatt said in a press release.
The book will be the center of some OBOC community and campus events throughout September.
At 7 p.m. Aug. 25, Powers, a new novelist and Iraq War veteran, will come to East Lansing and engage with community members in a book signing at the Performing Arts Theater in the Hannah Community Center, followed by an address to MSU’s freshmen on Aug. 26 at Breslin Center. Both events are free to the public.
The program is sponsored by MSU and the city of East Lansing and promotes both communities read the same book and focus on its message.
The book discusses war and its loss of innocence, creating a lose-lose situation for all involved.
Since 2001, new books have been chosen each year, inviting authors to come to East Lansing to meet with community members.
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