Our Veterans Book Groups create an opportunity for veterans to connect with each other, build relationships, read insightful materials, and share experiences. The group’s explorations will include books, poetry, articles, and short stories, with the goal of fostering camaraderie and a safe space to reflect and share ideas and questions.
Participants receive free copies of all readings, and a light dinner will be provided at each session. The groups are free, but pre-registration is required.
Northern Vermont University—Lyndon Veterans Book Group
Sessions are held once a month beginning on January 5, 2022.
This series is open to all who have served in the U.S. military. The group is free, but pre-registration is required. Call Thom Anderson at (802) 626-6497 to register. Sessions are held on Wednesdays at 5:00 pm in the Veterans Lounge at Samuel Read Hall Library on NVU’s campus. This program will be held in person when safe to do so, and virtually when needed.
Valley News writer Nicola Smith attended two sessions of a Veterans Book Group for women. “I knew there were women in the military, but I hadn’t really met any or listened to them talk about their experiences,” said Smith, who lives in Tunbridge. “I thought the stories were so compelling that they would make a great theater piece.”
Poet Sarah Audsley joined us at the Taconic Mountains Ramble State Park for Words in the Woods.
Humanities Camps are filled with reading and writing projects, field trips, and outdoor activities.
We won a 2020 Schwartz Prize for best public humanities programming in the U.S. for Vermont Reads 2019: “March: Book One.”
We supported Historic New England’s “More than a Market” project that explored the experiences of new Americans through food markets.
Our free public events help bring the power of the humanities to communities across Vermont.
