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Reading and Discussion Schedule |
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Comprehending Today's Middle East. This six-part lecture and book discussion series will focus on the culture, heritage, religion and policies of the countries of the Middle East and their relationships with the United States. Led by Victor R. Swenson. Morrisville, Morristown Centennial Library, Thursdays, 7:00 p.m. Call Viola Behrends, (802) 888-5851. April 17 ~ A. B. Yehoshua's The Lover
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Meet the Victorians. For some people, “Victorian” evokes images of overstuffed furniture and repressed, sanctimonious people, but for the Victorians themselves, life was anything but stuffy and staid. This series takes readers beyond stereotypes to a better understanding of the Victorians and ourselves. East Corinth, Blake Memorial Library, Mondays, 3:30 p.m. Led by Suzanne H. Brown. Call Marie McAndrew-Taylor, (802) 439-5338. April 21 ~ Charlotte Bronte's Villette May 5 ~ George Eliot’s Daniel Deronda
Canadian Cultural Diversity. Travel through Canada with four critically acclaimed books that make manifest Canada's cultural diversity. Led by Helene Lang. Randolph, Kimball Public Library, Tuesdays, 7:00 p.m. Call Lynne Gately, (802) 728-5073. April 22 ~ Alistair MacLeod's Island
Blue Collar America. Who is the working class? Look past the stereotypes to examine the realities of minimum wage existence, small-town economics, social divisions, and what does or doesn't constitute the good life. Led by Suzanne H. Brown. Bradford Public Library, 6:30 p.m. Call Irene Mann, (802) 222-4536. Wednesday, March 26 ~ Barbara Ehrenreich's Nickel and Dimed Thursday, April 17 ~ Richard Russo's Empire Falls Wednesday, April 30 ~ Philip Levine's What Work Is Wednesday, June 18 ~ Don Snyder's The Cliff Walk: A Memoir of a Job Lost and a Life Found
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Booker Prize Winners. Established in 1968, England's Booker Prize is awarded annually to a citizen of the U.K., the Commonwealth, Ireland, Pakistan, or South Africa who has written the year's best novel according to a panel of critics, writers, and academics. In a short 35 years, the Booker has achieved an air of dignity and respect that rivals even the 86-year-old Pulitzer Prize. Graham Swift, who won the Booker in 1996, singled it out as the finest accolade a writer can receive. “It's the one which, if we're completely honest, we most covet.” Led by Suzanne H. Brown. Barton Public Library, Mondays, 7:00 p.m. Call Andrea Poe, (802) 525-6524. April 14 ~ Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things May 5 ~ Margaret Atwood’s The Blind Assassin
Film, Feasts, and Fiction. This series uses film and literature to explore various cultures and historic periods through the unifying theme of food. Videos accompany the series. Derby Line, Haskell Free Library, Mondays, 7:00 p.m. Call Mary Roy, (802) 873-3022. March 31 ~ Laura Esquivel's Like Water for Chocolate. Led by Jay P. Craven. April 21 ~ Fannie Flagg's Fried Green Tomatoes. Led by Helene Lang.
Middlemarch. In Middlemarch, Eliot created an entire early 19th-century community crowded with characters of various social strata, morality, and conventions. Originally published in serial form, the novel is full of narrative irony and suspense. Led by Francette B. Cerulli. Derby, Dailey Memorial Library, Mondays, 10:30 a.m. Call Barbara Whitehill, (802) 766-5063. April 14, May 5, May 26
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Comprehending Today's Middle East. This six-part lecture and book discussion series will focus on the culture, heritage, religion and policies of the countries of the Middle East and their relationships with the United States. Led by John R. Turner. Waterbury Public Library, Thursdays, 7:00 p.m. Call Erin Mooney, (802) 244-7036. March 27 ~ Bernard Lewis' What Went Wrong April 10 ~ Geraldine Brooks' Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women May 1 ~ Mark Juergensmeyer's Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence May 15 ~ Ahmad Rashid's Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia
Vermont Writers. What is the character of our state, and how have writers captured it? This series uses literature set in Vermont between World War I and the 1990s to open conversation. Northfield, Brown Public Library, Thursdays, 7:00 p.m. Call Sue MacMartin. March 20 ~ Mari Tomasi's Like Lesser Gods. Led by Geof Hewitt. April 3 ~ Howard Frank Mosher's A Stranger in the Kingdom. Led by Kathleen Osgood Dana. April 17 ~ Archer Mayor's Open Season. Led by Francette B. Cerulli. |
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Office in Montpelier
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