World War I

[close] This global discussion group has been designed to encourage debates about important and underreported issues of our era. All you need is an enquiring mind and a desire to gain or share “underground knowledge”. This is also a place to discuss the controversial topics explored in The Underground Knowledge Series (non-fiction books) by James Morcan & Lance Morcan as well as the Underground Knowledge podcast show.

[close] Reading our way through the various novels, adaptions and non-fiction books about World War One. Reading from 2014-2018. Novels: 1. All Quiet on the Western Front — Erich Maria Remarque (German) 1929. 2. Birdsong — Sebastain Faulks (English) 1993. 3. Regeneration Trilogy — Pat Barker (English) 1991; 1993; 1995. 4. Parade’s End — Ford Maddox Ford (English) 1924-28. 5. The Wars — Timothy Findley (Canadian) 1977. 6. A Farewell to Arms — Ernest Hemmingway (American) 1929. 7.1915: The Death of Innocence — Lyn MacDonald (Australian) 1993. 8. The Absolutist — John Boyne (Irish) 2011. 9. August 1914 — Solzhenitsyn (Russian) 1970. 10. Good-bye to All That - Robert Graves (English) 1929. 11. The General — C.S. Forester (English) 1936. 12. Storm of Steel — Ernest Jünger (German) 1920. 13. The Middle Parts of Fortune: Somme and Ancre, 1916 — Frederic Manning (Australian) 1929. 14. The Good Soldier Svejk — Jaroslav Hasek (Austria) 1923. 15. Radetzky March — Joseph Roth (Austrian-Jewish) 1932. 16. Iron Gustav — Hans Fallada (German) 1938. 17. Fall of Giants — Ken Follett (English) 2010. 18. Covenant with Death — John Harris (English) 1961.

[close] A place to discuss all the unique aspects of Deaf culture as highlighted in the thriller Silent Fear (A novel inspired by true crimes) by Lance & James Morcan. This group can also be an intersection of sorts where Deaf and hearing people can engage and learn from each other.

[close] To truly recognize the military and veteran community is to be informed of the various and complex histories, experiences, and narratives of military culture and veteran knowledge. The MAVRC Book Club, organized by the Military and Veteran Veteran Services at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE), will present a series of readings and discussions to better comprehend and interpret the policies and procedures that developed the United States Armed Forces, and make sense of the terrain and bureaucracy that military personnel and veterans navigate daily. Hosting such a book club will cultivate conversations with the purpose of dismantling stereotypes and the romanticism on the meaning of service. Through its diverse readings, the book club aims to highlight the contributions of its veterans, dissect the policies and procedures that have shaped military and veteran life, and to gain a worldly perspective on the conflicts that the United States Armed Forces has engaged in since its formal establishment. All book club meetings are open virtually to the public. Trigger warning: Books selected may deal with themes and topics of war and combat; sexual assault, abuse, harassment, and violence; disabilities, physical and mental health, and trauma; gender and sexual identity; race, culture, and ethnicity; and politics and religion. Politics of the authors of selected readings are not reflective of the Military and Veteran Resource Center. Differing opinions and worldviews should be communicated intellectually with respect and understanding.