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