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For the Literary at Heart, back . . . Vermont Writers ~ 6 sessionsWhat is the character of our state, and how have various writers captured it? This series uses poetry, novels, and a mystery, set in Vermont between World War I and the 1990s to open conversation. Walter Hard, A Mountain Township Dorothy Canfield, The Home-Maker Mari Tomasi, Like Lesser Gods Howard Frank Mosher, A Stranger in the Kingdom Jody Gladding, Stone Crop Archer Mayor, Open Season
Vermont Writers II: Contemporary Concerns ~ 4 sessions These authors write about issues that resonate deeply with Vermonters today – the family farm and land development, economic hardship, drug use, diversity, and the intersections of city life and rural tradition. Laurie Alberts, The Price of Land in Shelby Philip Baruth, The Dream of the White Village Garret Keizer, God of Beer Suzi Wizowaty’s The Round Barn
What a Character! Picks From Book Magazine’s 100 Best Characters In Fiction ~ 5 sessions What makes a character memorable? Why do the protagonists in these works of fiction linger long after the last page is turned?F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby (Jay Gatsby, No. 1) J. D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye (Holden Caulfield, No. 2; Phoebe Caulfield, No. 54) Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man (the “invisible man,” No. 13) Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse (Mrs. Ramsay, No. 19) Willa Cather’s My Antonia (Antonia Shimerda, No. 56)
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