Stiff:
The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

The Common Book Program, Fall, 2008
at Windward Community College

Events

September 23, 4:30pm, Akoakoa 105
Cemeteries of Hawaii by Nanette Napoleon, a researcher of Hawaii cemeteries

October 7, 4:30pm, Akoakoa 105
Pam's Two Grandmothers by Pam DaGrossa, Anthropology instructor at Windward CC

October 14, 4:30pm, Akoakoa 105
STIFF: An Insiders Perspective, Thoughts From a Death Care Expert by Steven Labrash, director of the Anatomy Lab at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (and Lost extra)

Date and time to be determined, Akoakoa 105
Feng Shui of Okinawan Graveyards by Toshi Ikagawa, Geography and Meteorology instructor at Windward CC

Around the Community

• "American Resting Place" exhibit at Mission Houses Museum (PDF)
• Bodies - exhibition at Ala Moana Shopping Center

Resources

• Books
• Movies
• Other Resources

Previous Common Books at WCC

Fall 2004 : Fast Food Nation
Fall 2005 and Spring 2006 : Ka'a'awa
Fall 2006 and Spring 2007 : Nickel and Dimed and The World is Flat
Fall 2007 and Spring 2008 : Ishmael

What is a Common Book?