October 25, Saturday 1 – 4 pm: ‘Write Your Own Obituary’ - Marie Thomas McNaughton
Time for the annual ‘Write Your Own Obituary’ workshop! It’s fun and easy when you imagine your story, organize its chapters and communicate what makes you wonderful. Learn the form, then forget it if you like—or—make the whole thing up and imagine a life as yet undiscovered. Please RSVP to JoAnn Borri at sittingroomlibrary@gmail.com. Limit 6
November 8, Saturday 2 to 4:30: Exploring Poems of Emily Dickinson – Holly Springfield
Come join us for a discussion of some of Dickinson poems. A handout of the following poems will be provided: “I’m ceded I’ve stopped being theirs”, “Of bronze and blaze”, “Why do I love you sir?”, “This world is not conclusion”, “I dwell in Possibility”, “These are the days when birds come back”. Also included in the
handout will be a letter written to Susan Dickinson which can be found in the
book Open Me Carefully: Dickinson’s Intimate Letters to Susan Dickinson (letter 234 “The vision of immortal life”). Bring poems you would like to include in our discussion. Please RSVP JoAnn Borri at sittingroomlibrary@gmail.com Limit 8
December 6, Saturday 2 to 4:30: Celebrating Jane Austen – Raye Lynn Thomas
The Sitting Room Library would be remiss if not celebrating Jane Austen’s 250th birthday! Since the official date is late December, we can exchange news and reviews of the many commemorations which have already occurred this year. It will be an afternoon to share with the group noteworthy articles, exhibits, videos you’ve discovered, as well as share favorite characters, scenes, and/or quotes memorable from your own Austen reading. We’ll take a look at the newly-published Jane Austen’s Bookshelf: A Rare Book Collector’s Quest to Find the Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend, and compile our own Jane Austen Birthday Bibliography!
Please send your RSVP to JoAnn Borri at sittingroomlibrary@gmail.com Limit 8
About Round Tables
These Round Tables are a new way of getting small groups in conversation using the rich resources of the Sitting Room Library. Here is how we are imagining them: no cost, no advance preparation needed. And only one meeting planned. Browse the library, select a book. Each person speaks and also listens and thus we have what we all say we are wanting: conversation. Bring your curiosity!