http://lib.asu.edu/librarychannel News, Information, and Announcements from ASU Libraries Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:37:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 http://lib.asu.edu/librarychannel/2008/06/23/asu-libraries-hosts-book-discussion-series-in-fall/ http://lib.asu.edu/librarychannel/2008/06/23/asu-libraries-hosts-book-discussion-series-in-fall/#comments Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:22:16 +0000 admin http://librarynews.blog.asu.edu/2008/06/23/letstalk/ ASU Libraries will host a free five-part reading and discussion series called “Let’s Talk About It: Jewish Literature – Identity and Imagination.” The series explores Jewish literature and culture through scholar-led discussions of contemporary and classic books on a common theme. The series will explore the theme of Neighbors: The World Next Door. The library is one of over 250 libraries nationwide receiving grants to host the series developed by Nextbook and the American Library Association (ALA). Local support for the series is provided by the Jewish Studies Program at ASU, Hillel at ASU, The Newman Center at ASU, The ASU Department of English, and The Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Phoenix. The first program will explore Journey to the End of the Millennium by A.B Yehoshua and will be held on Tuesday, August 26 at 7:00 PM. All programs will be held at Hayden Library on the Tempe campus. For details or to register, please visit lib.asu.edu/events/ or contact Rachel Leket-Mor, 480-965-2618, rachel.leket-mor@asu.edu.Additional books will be discussed once per month at the library. These books are Isaac Babel’s Red Cavalry (September 23), Bernard Malamud’s The Assistant (October 28), Gish Jen’s Mona in the Promised Land (November 18), and Jan T. Gross’ Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland (December 9).

Associate professor Joe Lockard from the ASU Department of English will lead a discussion of the book at each session. Lockard teaches comparative ethnic literatures and has published on Jewish literature and representations of Jews. His latest book is Watching Slavery: Witness Texts and Travel Reports (Peter Lang, 2008) and he directs the Antislavery Literature Project.

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