Discussion Questions
Use our LitLovers Book Club Resources; they can help with discussions for any book:
• How to Discuss a Book (helpful discussion tips)
• Generic Discussion Questions—Fiction and Nonfiction
• Read-Think-Talk (a guided reading chart)
Also consider these LitLovers talking points to help get a discussion started for Dispatches from the Edge:
1. In your opinion, is Anderson Cooper a serious broadcast journalist or a TV news celebrity? What's the difference?
2. Did Cooper's descriptions of the hotspots, the tragic or newsworthy events, he has covered around the world, inform you or inspire you in anyway? Did the book expose you to a different world view, open your eyes...or confirm existing beliefs about world conditions?
3. Which episode did you find most moving, or surprising, or frightening?
4. Talk about Cooper's personal background (his own family's tragedic events)—how it motivates his work and provides a lens through which he views the world. Do you feel he writes about his personal life with depth and genuineness—or did you feel a sense of detachment?
(Questions by LitLovers. Please feel free to use them, online or off, with attribution. Thanks.)