The March Trilogy By Vermont Humanities | March 5, 2020
The “March” Trilogy was written by civil rights icon John Lewis, in collaboration with co-writer Andrew Aydin and award-winning graphic artist Nate Powell. All three volumes illustrate the story of Lewis’s commitment to nonviolent protest in the pursuit of social justice.
Posted in History Lives On , Reading and Discussion , Series
Tags: Berolzheimer , Brown , Burrington , Bye , Clift , Craven , Heneveld , hewitt , Logan , Schley , Wizansky
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
The Changing South By Vermont Humanities | April 5, 2018
The lingering effects of slavery, the Civil War, and rural strife provide a complex background in this series of Pulitzer-winning novels set in the American South.
Posted in For the Literary At Heart , Reading and Discussion , Series
Tags: Brown , Burrington , Bye , Cerulli , Clift , Hays , hewitt , lang , McCloud , RCohen , Schley , Wizansky
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
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
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
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
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
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