Join us each month for this drop-in discussion group focusing on diversity, equity, and inclusion through the lens of poetry. Each month we will gather to read a poem together and discuss its challenges and inspirations to how we understand our community, our world, and ourselves. Library staff and guests will lead each discussion, beginning with a reading of the selected work. This month our discussion will celebrate Banned Books Week, which runs September 27 to October 3. Launched in 1982 … [Read more...] about VIRTUAL – Drop-In Poetry Discussion: “Censorship is a Dead End”
Classes, Discussion Groups, and Workshops
2020 Audacious Read: ULYSSES by James Joyce
October 20 | 3:00-4:00 p.m. Email jdavidson@comlib.org to join this Zoom meeting. James Joyce's Ulysses (1922) may be more talked about than read. It occupies an intimidating position within the literary canon as a byword for experimental modernism. Joyce helped to forge its reputation, mischievously claiming, “I've put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centuries arguing over what I meant, and that's the only way of insuring one's immortality.” Even … [Read more...] about 2020 Audacious Read: ULYSSES by James Joyce
VIRTUAL – Drop-In Poetry Discussion: Talking About Women
Wednesday, August 19 | 12:00-1:00 p.m. on Zoom Join us each month for this drop-in discussion group focusing on diversity, equity, and inclusion through the lens of poetry. Each month we will gather to read a poem (or other short literature) together and discuss its challenges and inspirations to how we understand our community, our world, and ourselves. Library staff and guests will lead each discussion, beginning with a reading of the selected work. Each month's piece will be shared with … [Read more...] about VIRTUAL – Drop-In Poetry Discussion: Talking About Women
2020 Audacious Read: ULYSSES by James Joyce
November 17 | 3:00-4:00 p.m. Email jdavidson@comlib.org to join this Zoom meeting. James Joyce's Ulysses (1922) may be more talked about than read. It occupies an intimidating position within the literary canon as a byword for experimental modernism. Joyce helped to forge its reputation, mischievously claiming, “I've put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centuries arguing over what I meant, and that's the only way of insuring one's immortality.” Even … [Read more...] about 2020 Audacious Read: ULYSSES by James Joyce
December 15 | 3:00-4:00 p.m. Check back for updates about our meeting location for December. James Joyce's Ulysses (1922) may be more talked about than read. It occupies an intimidating position within the literary canon as a byword for experimental modernism. Joyce helped to forge its reputation, mischievously claiming, “I've put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centuries arguing over what I meant, and that's the only way of insuring one's immortality.” … [Read more...] about
2020 Audacious Read: ULYSSES by James Joyce
December 15 | 3:00-4:00 p.m. Email jdavidson@comlib.org to join this Zoom meeting. James Joyce's Ulysses (1922) may be more talked about than read. It occupies an intimidating position within the literary canon as a byword for experimental modernism. Joyce helped to forge its reputation, mischievously claiming, “I've put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centuries arguing over what I meant, and that's the only way of insuring one's immortality.” Even … [Read more...] about 2020 Audacious Read: ULYSSES by James Joyce
