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Let's Talk About It

Join Durham County Library for a series of book discussions that explore Jewish literature and culture, themed “A Mind of Her Own: Fathers and Daughters in a Changing World.” Read more. pdf

Discussions are led by scholar Dr. Sally Ann Drucker, a professor and Coordinator of the Jewish Studies Project at Nassau Community College and part-time Durham resident. Read more. pdf

Let’s Talk About It is a reading and discussion series led by scholars and organized around themes that engage and stimulate audiences. It was pioneered by the American Library Association (ALA) on a national level in 1982. Let’s Talk About It has reached hundreds of libraries and more than four million people around the United States in the past 25 years.

Check out our bilbiography of other Jewish literature titles.

These events are free & open to the public. Click on the branch name below to register online, call Southwest at 560-0290 or Main at 560-0100 or contact Rheda Epstein at 560-0187, email repstein@durhamcountync.gov. email

All discussions are on Sunday afternoons from 2:30 – 4 p.m.
Southwest Branch Library, 3605 Shannon Rd., Durham; 560-0290
Main Library, 300 N. Roxboro St. Durham; 560-0100

Aug. 17 Introduction to Let’s Talk About It Southwest Branch - Registration
Aug. 24 Tevye the Dairyman, by Sholem Aleichem. Southwest Branch- Registration
Sep. 28 Bread Givers, by Anzia Yezierska. Southwest Branch - Registration
Oct. 26 O My America!, by Johanna Kaplan Southwest Branch - Registration
Nov. 30 American Pastoral, by Philip Roth Main Library - Registration
Jan. 4 Bee Season, by Myla Goldberg Main Library - Registration

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Last Update: December 31, 2008