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Geof Hewitt has degrees from Cornell, Johns Hopkins, and the University of Iowa. Author of four books of poems and three books for teachers, he is Vermont’s reigning poetry slam champion, and regularly hosts slams throughout the state.
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Series Led by Geof Hewitt 20th Century Jewish Lives By Vermont Humanities April 5, 2018
These Pulitzer winners – including two exploring cartooning – chronicle the Jewish experience throughout the 1900s.
Posted in Cultural and Regional Exploration , Reading and Discussion , Series
Tags: Brown , Burrington , Bye , Clift , Hays , hewitt , lang , luskin , McCloud , RCohen , Schley , Wizansky
A Hard Look at America By Vermont Humanities February 16, 2018
The books in this series, comprised of Pulitzer-winning reporting and research, dig deep, revealing facts and stories that continue to be relevant years after they were brought to the surface.
Posted in Consider This , Democracy , Reading and Discussion , Series
Tags: Berolzheimer , Brown , Bye , Cerulli , Clift , Craven , Hays , hewitt , McCloud , RCohen , Schley , Stoler , Wizansky
American Stories Across the Generations By Vermont Humanities March 16, 2018
This series focuses on the theme of relationships between children and older adults.
Posted in Bridging the Generations , Reading and Discussion , Series
Tags: Brown , Burrington , Cerulli , Heneveld , hewitt , lang , Logan , luskin , McCloud , Mieder , RCohen , Schley , Wizansky , Wright
B.I.G. (Big, Intense, Good) By Vermont Humanities March 16, 2018
A multi-session group is the ideal environment in which to relish these classic works of literature of a certain size and heft.
Posted in Big, Intense, Good , Reading and Discussion , Series
Tags: Brown , Burrington , Bye , Cerulli , Clift , Frothingham , Gerber , Hays , Heneveld , hewitt , lang , Logan , luskin , McCloud , Mieder , Pittman , RCohen , Rossiter , Schley , Turner , Wizansky , Wright
Based on a Real Life By Vermont Humanities April 5, 2018
Each book in this series is a Pulitzer-winning work of fiction, with portions based on one person’s real life story.
Posted in For the Literary At Heart , Reading and Discussion , Series
Tags: Brown , Burrington , Bye , Cerulli , Clift , Craven , Hays , hewitt , lang , McCloud , Mieder , RCohen , Schley , Wizansky , Young
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.
Posted in Consider This , Reading and Discussion , Series
Tags: Berolzheimer , Brown , Burrington , Craven , Gerber , Hays , hewitt , RCohen , Young
Family History By Vermont Humanities April 5, 2018
The Pulitzer-winning novels in this series examine not only relationships, but the ways difficult chapters of a family’s past are revealed by the passing of time.
Posted in For the Literary At Heart , Reading and Discussion , Series
Tags: Brown , Burrington , Bye , Cerulli , Craven , Hays , hewitt , lang , luskin , McCloud , Mieder , RCohen , Schley , Wizansky , Young
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.
Posted in Consider This , Reading and Discussion , Series
Tags: Berolzheimer , Brown , Cerulli , hewitt , lang , luskin , RCohen , Schley , Wright
Forces of Nature By Vermont Humanities March 16, 2018
The titles in this series explore humanity’s relationship to forces beyond its control, such as evolution, disease, and the planet’s fragile ecosystems.
Posted in Consider This , Reading and Discussion , Series
Tags: Berolzheimer , Brown , Bye , Cerulli , Clift , Hays , hewitt , lang , luskin , RCohen , Schley , Stoler , Wizansky
Get Real By Vermont Humanities March 16, 2018
These novels examine some of the harder facts of life in all their complexities.
Posted in Bridging the Generations , Reading and Discussion , Series
Tags: Brown , Cerulli , Hays , Heneveld , hewitt , lang , luskin , Mieder , RCohen , Schley , Wizansky , Wright
International Migrations By Vermont Humanities April 5, 2018
To or from the United States, spanning India, Cuba, Greece, and Ireland, this series of Pulitzer-winning works spotlights characters in the midst of broader migrations.
Posted in Cultural and Regional Exploration , Reading and Discussion , Series
Tags: Brown , Burrington , Bye , Cerulli , Clift , Gonzalez , Hays , hewitt , lang , luskin , McCloud , Mieder , RCohen , Schley , Wizansky
New England Uncovered By Vermont Humanities April 5, 2018
What lies hidden beneath the popular images of New England with its white spires and Yankee frugality? More than meets the eye!
Posted in For the Literary At Heart , Reading and Discussion , Series
Tags: Berolzheimer , Brown , Burrington , Clift , Craven , Hays , hewitt , lang , luskin , McCloud , Mieder , RCohen , Schley , Turner , Wizansky , Wright
Vermont Humanities*** February 19, 2018
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.
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