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.
Our Civil War Legacy By Vermont Humanities May 25, 2018
Discuss the crucial final month of the war and how, but for a handful of important decisions and a good deal of luck, the outcomeof the War and of the countrymight have been very different
Posted in History Lives On , Reading and Discussion , Series
Tags: Berolzheimer , Brown , Burrington , Frothingham , Hays , lang , Logan , luskin , Pittman , RCohen , Stoler , Turner , Wright
Vermont Reads Past Picks By Vermont Humanities May 25, 2018
Vermont Reads is Vermont Humanities’ statewide community reading program. These books are all high-quality young-adult level works that offer food for thought for all ages.
Posted in Reading and Discussion , Series , Vermont Reads
Tags: Brown , Burrington , Bye , Clift , Craven , Frothingham , Gerber , Hays , Heneveld , hewitt , lang , luskin , McCloud , Mieder , Pittman , RCohen , Rossiter , Schley , Wizansky , Wright
Shakespeare Mix & Match By Vermont Humanities April 5, 2018
Choose individual plays or run a series of comedies, tragedies, or histories.
Posted in For the Literary At Heart , Reading and Discussion , Series
Tags: Brown , Frothingham , Heneveld , luskin , McCloud , Pittman , RCohen , Schley , Turner , Wizansky , Wright
Understanding Post-Colonial Africa By Vermont Humanities April 5, 2018
These four books help to introduce post-colonial Africa to the novice and explore some of the continent’s crises in greater depth, including the West’s complicity in them.
Posted in Cultural and Regional Exploration , Reading and Discussion , Series
Tags: Berolzheimer , Brown , Clift , Frothingham , Hays , lang , Logan , luskin , Schley , Turner , Wright
Poems to Share By Vermont Humanities March 16, 2018
These delightful and rich collections of short poems offer a great first foray into poetry for mixed-age groups.
Posted in Bridging the Generations , Reading and Discussion , Series
Tags: Brown , Cerulli , Frothingham , Hays , Heneveld , hewitt , lang , Logan , luskin , McCloud , RCohen , Rossiter , Schley , Wizansky
Robert Frost’s Life and Writing By Vermont Humanities March 16, 2018
This series invites readers to learn more about Robert Frost’s life and the diversity of his writings.
Posted in Bridging the Generations , Reading and Discussion , Series
Tags: Brown , Clift , Frothingham , Heneveld , hewitt , lang , luskin , McCloud , Mieder , RCohen , Schley , Turner , 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
Seminal Statements of American Values By Vermont Humanities February 16, 2018
Founding documents and landmark speeches help us to understand America’s operating principles and values – what they mean, how well we practice what we preach, and what relationship words have to action in good times and bad.
Posted in Democracy , History Lives On , Reading and Discussion , Series
Tags: Berolzheimer , Burrington , Cerulli , Frothingham , Hays , Heneveld , Logan , luskin , McCloud , Schley , Stoler , Turner
