"Let's Talk About It..."
Altered Landscapes:
North Carolina's Changing
World
Featuring four novels and one history-based memoir, all written between 2003 and 2007, Altered Landscapes--North Carolina's Changing World brings a childhood perspective to bear on dangerous worlds where innocence is quickly lost. These works from the new millenium differ from those before in that they begin more starkly with recognitions of the inevitability of violence and loss.
Darkness fills the margins. Yet as grim as life can sometimes get, hope exists where it always has, in human hearts, in strong memories, in a commitment to reach across the divide to hold another's hand.
Registration begins Tuesday, January 20, 2015. Books may be picked up at the Reference Desk.
All programs are Mondays at 7 p.m. in the Hayden H. Jones Auditorium.
- February 9--Salt by Isabel Zuber, discussion led by Tom Douglass, East Carolina University.
- March 2--Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen, discussion led by Lynn Salsi, author, teacher, playwright, historian.
- March 23--If You Want Me to Stay by Michael Parker, discussion led by Willie Nelms, Sheppard Memorial Library (retired).
- April 13--Blood Done Sign My Name by Timothy Taylor, discussion led by Tess Ocana, Event Planner.
- May 4--Plant Life by Pamela Duncan, discussion led by Bill DiNome, UNC-Wilmington.
To register call 638-7807.
This project is made possible by funding from the North Carolina Humanities Council, a statewide non-profit and affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, in partnership with the North Carolina Center for the Book, a program of the State Library of North Carolina, and is sponsored by the Friends of the New Bern-Craven County Public Library.
Spring 2015