Tuesday Morning Book Talks Fall 2008

Join other booklovers at the downtown Madison Public Library for exciting discussions of world literature led by Emily Auerbach and Marshall Cook, both winners of campus-wide teaching awards.  Extensive handouts provided.  If you need scholarship assistance to attend, please contact Emily Auerbach at 608-262-3733.

You may choose to register for a single day, a three book section or the full nine-week series.

Time:  Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m. -11 a.m.
Location:  Madison Public Library, 201 W. Mifflin St
Fee:  $14/class, $34/section, $79/nine-part series

Registration: To register, call 608-262-2451 or send by mail a check payable to UW-Madison to the Madison Registration Office, 702 Langdon St., Madison WI  53706.  Request program # 4101. You may also register online securely.   Books are available through the University Bookstore, Textbooks, and most major booksellers.  Please register in advance.

Section I: Literature of passing
Sept 16 —Nella Larsen, Passing
Sept 23 —Jesse Fauset, Plum Bun
Sept 30 —Danzy Senna, Caucasia


Section II: Troubled Love
Oct 14 —Willa Cather, My Antonia
Oct 21 —Timberlake Wertenbaker, The Love of the Nightingale
*Oct 28 —Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Love in the Time of Cholera

*This play will be performed by the University Theatre in October

Section III: The South
Nov 11 —Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
Nov 18 —Eudora Welty, The Ponder Heart
Nov 25 —Doug Marlette, Magic Time (Cook)

 

If you have any questions, please content Diane Dennis at 608-262-3885 or ddennis@dcs.wisc.edu.

 

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