Archive of Previous Book Discussions and Literary Events

• Group book discussion of the 1911 novel Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton, recorded on January 18, 2005.
  Audio recording of the discussion of Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton (6.6 MB WMA file; playback time of 54 minutes)

• Group book discussion of the 1972 novel,The Optimist's Daughter, by Eudora Welty, recorded on December 20, 2004.
  Audio recording of the discussion of The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty (6 MB WMA file; playback time of 47 minutes)

• Group book discussion of To America: Personal Reflections of an Historian, by Stephen Ambrose, recorded on October 13, 2004.
  Audio Recording of the discussion of To America by Stephen Ambrose (6.4 MB WMA file; playback time of 52 minutes)

• Group book discussion, let by graduate students from the U. of Nebraska-Lincoln, of the novel My Antonia by Willa Cather, recorded on September 21, 2004.
  Audio Recording of the discussion of My Antonia (large WMA file; playback time of 97 minutes)

• Group book discussion, let by special guest David Faucheaux, of the delights of reading historical fiction, recorded on August 31, 2004.
  Audio Recording of the discussion of historical fiction (large WMA file; playback time of 50 minutes)

• Group book discussion, let by special guest Professor Loren Logsdon, of The Collected Short Stories, by Isaac Bashevis Singer, recorded on July 21, 2004.
  Audio Recording of the discussion of Singer's short stories (large WMA file)

• Group book discussion of The Seventies: The Great Shift in American Culture, Society, and Politics, by Bruce Schulman, recorded on June 17, 2004.
  Audio Recording of the discussion of The Seventies by Bruce Schulman (large WMA file)