Pandemics, Surreal and the Real By Vermont Humanities | March 8, 2021
This series created by the Quechee Library looks at the Covid-19 pandemic through fiction.
Border Crossings By Vermont Humanities | June 7, 2018
A book of short stories, a memoir and two novels bring us to present day consideration of migration, immigration and refuge.
Sustainability By Vermont Humanities | April 5, 2018
This series explores how different authors and communities understand the multiple definitions and connotations of ecological sustainability and try to make it work in the world.
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Tags: Brown , Clift , Gerber , lang , luskin , Mcohen , RCohen , Schley , Wright
Soldiering On: After Battle and Back Home By Vermont Humanities | March 16, 2018
For soldiers and civilians of any war, the battle doesnt necessarily cease when the last guns are fired and the battlefield is left behind.
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Tags: Brown , Burrington , Cerulli , Logan , luskin , Mieder , Schley , Stoler , Turner , Wizansky , Wright
Healthcare and Humanity By Vermont Humanities | March 16, 2018
These four books, all used to acclaim in VHCs Literature and Medicine: Humanities at the Heart of Healthcare program, speak to the experiences of the patient, the families, and the people providing care.
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Tags: Brown , Burrington , Cerulli , Clift , Hays , Heneveld , lang , Logan , luskin , RCohen , Schley , Wright
Outsiders: Those Who Fell Outside the Cultural Norm By Vermont Humanities | March 16, 2018
This discussion series examines the treatment of populations outside the cultural norms of the late 19th and early 20th century America.
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Tags: Berolzheimer , Brown , Cerulli , Clift , Craven , Hays , Heneveld , lang , Logan , luskin , RCohen , Turner , Wizansky , Wright
Pilgrimage By Vermont Humanities | March 16, 2018
Discover a variety of journeys- and whether the seekers find what they are looking for- in these varied writings.
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Tags: Brown , Burrington , Clift , Gerber , Hays , Heneveld , lang , Logan , luskin , McCloud , RCohen , Schley , Turner , Wizansky , Wright
Blue Collar America By Vermont Humanities | March 16, 2018
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.
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Tags: Berolzheimer , Brown , Burrington , Craven , Gerber , Hays , hewitt , RCohen , Young
Experience My World By Vermont Humanities | March 16, 2018
These books take the reader deeply inside the world of someone experiencing life differently from the rest of us. Topics include bipolar disorder, physical disability, and Alzheimer s disease.
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Tags: Brown , Cerulli , Clift , Hays , Logan , luskin , McCloud , RCohen , Turner , Wizansky , Wright
Farms and Gardens By Vermont Humanities | March 16, 2018
These authors dig deep to explore the philosophical roots, family dynamics, and personal enrichment associated with tending and growing.
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Tags: Berolzheimer , Brown , Cerulli , hewitt , lang , luskin , RCohen , Schley , Wright