The Friends of NPL host the Vermont Humanities Reading & Discussion series this fall.

Led by Suzanne H. Brown, Professor Emerita of English at Dartmouth College, the discussion group takes place here at NPL and is open to all. The fall’s theme is “Portraits of the Artists.” These books feature fictional interpretations of famous artists. What happens when the visual arts and the literary arts meet? How do fiction writers interpret the lives of famous painters, and the canvases they leave behind?

Monday, Sept. 9th, 7-8:30 PM: Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper by Harriet Chessman

Monday, Sept. 30th, 7-8:30 PM: Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier

Monday, Oct. 21st, 7-8:30 PM: La Tour Dreams of the Wolf Girl by David Huddle

Monday, Nov. 11th, 7-8:30PM: Frida by Barbara Mujica

The books are available for loan at the library. Please ask at the Circulation Desk. This series is underwritten by the Friends of the Norwich Public Library and is a program of Vermont Humanities.