Vermont Humanities

Robert Frost’s Life and Writing

Dailey Memorial Library 101 Junior High Drive, Derby, VT

This series invites readers to learn more about Robert Frost's life and the diversity of his writings. Robert Frost is commonly regarded as America's greatest poet. Among his many honors are four Pulitzer Prizes and an appointment as Consultant in Poetry at the Library of Congress.

Based on a Real Life: Angle of Repose

Norwich Public Library 368 Main St, Norwich, VT

One biography each year is awarded a Pulitzer Prize, but these character studies wouldn't count - each is a Pulitzer-winning work of fiction, with portions based on one person's real life story. Wallace Stegner's Pultizer Prize-winning novel Angle of Repose is a story of discovery—personal, historical, and geographical.

Based on a Real Life: March

Cabot Public Library 3084 Main Street, Cabot, VT

One biography each year is awarded a Pulitzer Prize, but these character studies wouldn't count - each is a Pulitzer-winning work of fiction, with portions based on one person's real life story. Acclaimed author Geraldine Brooks gives us the story of the absent father from Louisa May Alcott's Little Women—and conjures a world of brutality, stubborn courage and transcendent love.

Based on a Real Life: Angle of Repose

Norwich Public Library 368 Main St, Norwich, VT

One biography each year is awarded a Pulitzer Prize, but these character studies wouldn't count - each is a Pulitzer-winning work of fiction, with portions based on one person's real life story. Wallace Stegner's Pultizer Prize-winning novel Angle of Repose is a story of discovery—personal, historical, and geographical.

The Most Costly Journey Book Discussion

Groton Free Public Library 1304 Scott Hwy, Groton, VT

Join Groton Public Library for a facilitated book discussion of this year's Vermont Reads book, "The Most Costly Journey."

Based on a Real Life: Angle of Repose

Cabot Public Library 3084 Main Street, Cabot, VT

One biography each year is awarded a Pulitzer Prize, but these character studies wouldn't count - each is a Pulitzer-winning work of fiction, with portions based on one person's real life story. Wallace Stegner's Pultizer Prize-winning novel Angle of Repose is a story of discovery—personal, historical, and geographical.

Based on a Real Life: The Hours

Cabot Public Library 3084 Main Street, Cabot, VT

One biography each year is awarded a Pulitzer Prize, but these character studies wouldn't count - each is a Pulitzer-winning work of fiction, with portions based on one person's real life story. In The Hours, Michael Cunningham, widely praised as one of the most gifted writers of his generation, draws inventively on the life and work of Virginia Woolf to tell the story of a group of contemporary characters struggling with the conflicting claims of love and inheritance, hope and despair.

Based on a Real Life: All The King’s Men

Cabot Public Library 3084 Main Street, Cabot, VT

One biography each year is awarded a Pulitzer Prize, but these character studies wouldn't count - each is a Pulitzer-winning work of fiction, with portions based on one person's real life story. All the King's Men is a 1946 novel by Robert Penn Warren. Its title is drawn from the nursery rhyme "Humpty Dumpty".