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
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
African American Experience: The Harlem Renaissance By Vermont Humanities April 5, 2018
This series features a history of the era alongside texts that have come to define the Harlem Renaissance.
Posted in Cultural and Regional Exploration , Reading and Discussion , Series
Tags: Berolzheimer , Brown , Burrington , Bye , Clift , Heneveld , Logan , luskin , McCloud , Mieder , Rossiter , Schley , Wizansky
