Tuesday, August 19
7 p.m. | Howson Branch
2500 Exposition |
| Discussion Lead: Evan Carton is the director of the Humanities Institute and a specialist in American literary history. |
Monday, August 25
7 p.m. | Austin History Center
810 Guadalupe |
| Discussion Lead: Carol MacKay is a professor of English whose work examines autobiography, authorial voice, gender roles, and quest narratives in 19th and 20th century literature. |
Thursday, August 28
7 p.m. | Pleasant Hill Branch
211 E. William Cannon Dr. |
| Discussion Lead: Caroline Castiglione, a member of the History Department, is interested in the formation of national identities and the politics of local resistance in early modern Europe and in other times and places. |
Saturday, August 30
10 a.m. | Cepeda Branch
651 Pleasant Valley Rd. |
| Discussion Lead: James Lee, a member of the Asian American Studies and English faculties, specializes in Asian and African American literatures and in comparative analysis of minority histories and cultures in the U.S. |
Wednesday, September 3
7 p.m. | Windsor Park Branch
5833 Westminster Dr. |
| Discussion Lead: Leslie Jarmon, a communications scholar, brings to the book both academic expertise and field experience in oral and written communication practices across cultural and linguistic boundaries. |
Sunday, September 7
2:30 p.m. | Little Walnut Creek Branch
835 W. Rundberg Ln. |
| Discussion Lead: Robert Crosnoe, a sociologist, brings a specialization in education and the family and a particular interest in issues of risk and resilience-how people, young and old, succeed in difficult circumstances. |
Thursday, September 11
7 p.m. | Yarborough Branch
2200 Hancock Dr. |
| Discussion Lead: Barbara Harlow, English professor specializes in ethnic and third world literatures and regularly includes Holes in her course on prison and resistance writings. |
Tuesday, September 16
6 p.m. | Howson Branch
2500 Exposition |
| Discussion Lead: Margo Frasier, Travis County's Sheriff. This group is for youth under 18 years of age. |
Tuesday, September 16
7 p.m. | Milwood Branch
12500 Amherst Dr. |
| Discussion Lead: Pauline Strong, Anthropologist is interested in gender, ethnicity, nationalism, and the culture of childhood and adolescence in the U.S. |
Thursday, September 18
7 p.m. | Hampton Branch
5125 Convict Hill Rd. |
| Discussion Lead: Marie-Anne Suizzo of the Educational Psychology department is an expert on human development whose interests include the development of parent/child relations and the transmission of cultural beliefs and values. |
Thursday, September 25
7 p.m. | North Village Branch
2139 W. Anderson Ln. |
| Discussion Lead: Julia Mickenberg, a member of the American Studies Department, specializes in American social history—particularly the history of childhood and education—and has written on children's literature and film. |
