The Most Costly Journey (El viaje más caro) By Vermont Humanities | September 12, 2022
Our Vermont Reads 2022 choice, The Most Costly Journey (El viaje más caro), tells the stories of 19 migrant farm workers from Latin America in their own words.
Posted in Reading and Discussion , Series , Vermont Reads
Tags: Berolzheimer , Brown , Bye , Clift , Hays , McCloud , RCohen , Schley , Wizansky
The Rise of Nazism By Vermont Humanities | May 25, 2018
Hitler’s appointment as German Chancellor on January 30, 1933 began a chain of horrific events that sent not only Germany, but the entire world, into the abyss.
Posted in History Lives On , Reading and Discussion , Series
Tags: Logan , luskin , McCloud , Mieder , Nicosia , Pittman , RCohen , Schley , Stoler , Turner , Wizansky
World War II: The Loss of the Age of Innocence By Vermont Humanities | May 25, 2018
These novels richly illustrate coming-of-age themes against the backdrop of World War II with three memorable protagonists- an Army bombardier, a girl on the American homefront, and a teenage survivor of the Nazi genocide.
Posted in History Lives On , Reading and Discussion , Series
Tags: Berolzheimer , Brown , Burrington , Clift , Gerber , Heneveld , lang , Logan , luskin , McCloud , Schley , Stoler , 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
Portraits of the Artists By Vermont Humanities | April 5, 2018
These books feature fictional interpretations of famous artists.
Posted in For the Literary At Heart , Reading and Discussion , Series
Tags: Brown , Burrington , Bye , Cerulli , Clift , Gerber , Heneveld , lang , Logan , McCloud , Mieder , RCohen , tortolano , Turner , Wizansky , Wright , Young
Retellings By Vermont Humanities | April 5, 2018
These novels all re-imagine classics works of fiction, retelling them from a different character’s perspective.
Posted in For the Literary At Heart , Reading and Discussion , Series
Tags: Brown , Burrington , Cerulli , Clift , Logan , luskin , McCloud , Mieder , RCohen , Schley , Turner , 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
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
Women’s Literature: Dual Heritages By Vermont Humanities | April 5, 2018
This series features contemporary, multicultural female voices.
Posted in Cultural and Regional Exploration , Reading and Discussion , Series
Tags: Brown , Burrington , Clift , Gerber , Heneveld , lang , Logan , luskin , McCloud , Mieder , RCohen , Schley , Wizansky , Wright , Young
Gastronomy: Novels about Food and Culture By Vermont Humanities | April 5, 2018
These mouth-watering novels highlight how what we eat is closely aligned with who we are.
Posted in Cultural and Regional Exploration , Reading and Discussion , Series
Tags: Brown , lang , Logan , luskin , McCloud , Mieder , RCohen , Turner , Wizansky , Wright