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- Between the Lines Book Club
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Dates: 3/6/2025 - 5/1/2025
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM
Days: Th
Sessions: 3
Location: Zoom
Not Recorded
Seats Available: 8
Instructor: Nan Loggains
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In this course you will read and discuss three books. All sessions will be on Zoom. The first book will be The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson. The book is available in print, large print, eBook, and audio formats. The remaining two books will be announced during the first session of the group. Nan Loggains has led book groups for the past 25 years. Course Meets 3 times: 2/6, 3/6, 4/3.
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- Science with a Twist Book Club
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Dates: 4/1/2025 - 4/29/2025
Times: 3:00 PM - 4:20 PM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 3
Location: Zoom
Recorded
Seats Available: -1
Instructor: Bonnie Tate
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Do you enjoy reading and talking about books that include nature and science? Well, bring your favorite beverage as we read and explore fiction or non-fiction books that involve some science as part of the plot. This is not a science course, but a means to pick up a little more information on any type of science in a user-friendly way as we delve into the three books that we are reading. The first book that we will be reading is the bestseller, Remarkably Bright Creatures (2022) by Shelby Van Pelt, followed by World of Wonders (2020) by Aimee Nezhukumatathil. We will pick our last book early in the course. Course meets 3 times: 4/1, 4/15, 4/29.
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- The New Nature Writers: opening our minds and hearts to dramatic new perspectives
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Dates: 4/9/2025 - 5/14/2025
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM
Days: W
Sessions: 6
Location: Zoom
Recorded
Seats Available: 21
Instructor: Ellen Snoeyenbos
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Nature Writing is NOT just Emerson, Thoreau, John Muir, Annie Dillard. They have their place but 21st century nature writing is vibrant, diverse, and informed by new scientific discoveries. Exploring indigenous writers such as Joy Harjo and Robin Kimmerer, science writers like Ed Yong, activists such as Sy Montgomery and Barry Lopez, and Black naturalists such as J. Drew Lanham and Camille Dungy we will listen and respond, watch interviews, question and explore a range of new perspectives.
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- The Legend of Lizzie Borden: Crime, Culture and Literature
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This course will explore the iconic Lizzie Borden murder case of 1892, one of the most sensational true crime stories in American history. To get a full picture of the events surrounding the unsolved and gruesome murders of her parents, we will use a multimedia approach. Literary texts will include Sarah Schmidt’s novel See What I Have Done (2017) and Angela Carter’s short story “Lizzie’s Tiger.” We will also watch the film “Lizzie” (2018), a psychological thriller. Lastly, we will embark on a ghost hunt and tour of the Lizzie Borden house in Fall River as well as her final resting place at Oak Grove cemetery. Perhaps we will be the ones to finally crack the case!
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- Top Shelf V: Reading and Discussing James Baldwin
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Dates: 4/25/2025 - 5/30/2025
Times: 12:00 PM - 1:20 PM
Days: F
Sessions: 6
Location: Zoom
Recorded
Seats Available: 12
Instructor: John Winters
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Reading a mix of this legendary writer’s fiction and nonfiction will serve as a fitting introduction to his powerful oeuvre. Go Tell it on the Mountain, The Fire Next Time, and If Beale Street Could Talk. Less a lecture course and more of a mediated discussion, this course will give students a chance to learn and share their ideas about Baldwin’s major themes, rhetorical approach and fictional technique. Additional readings and some video selections will be recommended.
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