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First Wednesdays 2010-2011 |
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“Sharing Our Past — Shaping Our Future” Since 1974 |
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Burlington, Fletcher Free Library, 235 College Street, 7:00 p.m. on the first Wednesday of every month. Library phone: 802.865.7211
October 6 ~ Hemingway’s Bullfighter: The Push to Expand the American Literary Canon. Amherst College professor Ilan Stavans, whom the New York Times calls “the czar of Latino culture in America,” explains why Latino writers are an essential component of our nation’s literary canon. Sponsor: Paul Frank + Collins
November 3 ~ To Live or Perish Forever: Two Tumultuous Years in Pakistan. Journalist Nicholas Schmidle offers a gripping account of his time as a journalism fellow in Pakistan. He reveals a country that may be the battleground for the future of the Muslim world. Sponsor: Pomerleau Real Estate
December 1 ~ Some of My Best Friends: The Power of Interracial Friendship. Emily Bernard, UVM professor and editor of a volume of essays by writers about “the painful, beautiful realities of friendship complicated by race and history,” considers the power and potential of interracial friendships.
January 5 ~ Imagining America. Using paintings, photographs, and literature, author and historian Woden Teachout shows the different ways that "America" has been imagined, over four centuries, as a representation of hopes, dreams, and fears. Sponsor: Pomerleau Real Estate
February 2 ~ The Science of Healing: Practicing, Producing, and Consuming Tibetan Medicine. Dartmouth anthropologist Sienna Craig considers how contemporary Tibetan medicine retains a sense of cultural authenticity while attempting to meet conventional biomedical standards. Sponsor: Pomerleau Real Estate
March 2 ~ If You Don’t Want Your Slave to Speak Freely, You Should Forbid Him to Sing! In this lecture performance, Middlebury College Artist-in-Residence Dr. Francois Clemmons illustrates how the Negro Spiritual grew out of the slaves’ experiences. Sponsor: American Association of University Women, Burlington Location: First United Methodist Church
April 6 ~ They Still Do Write Them the Way They Used To. Refuting the notion that modern poetry is formless and self-absorbed, poet Michael Palma considers contemporary poets who use rhyme, meter, and figurative language to explore timeless, universal themes. Sponsor: Pomerleau Real Estate
May 4 ~ The Passages of Herman Melville. Author and Middlebury College professor Jay Parini reflects on Melville’s various voyages and how each led to a particular book or series of books. Sponsor: Primmer Piper Eggleston & Cramer PC Program Sponsors: American Association of University Women, BurlingtonPrimmer Piper Eggleston & Cramer PC
Library Sponsor: Friends of the Fletcher Free Library
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