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Fine Print -Winter 2002 Volume XIII Number 4

Discussion Programs

Our Voices, discussions about real people and their memoirs, meets the second Thursday at 6:30 pm every other month beginning in January. Books are available from Community Services (832-1695) for check-out.

January 9	A Walker in the City: The Classic Reminiscence of a Brooklyn Childhood by Alfred Kazin Discussion Leaders: Paul and Elizabeth Eisen
March 13	One Writer's Beginnings by Eudora Welty Discussion Leader: Gayle Schultz
May 8	Bloodlines; Odyssey of a Native Daughter by Janet Campbell Hale Discussion Leader: Camille Banks
July 10	Waiting: The True Confessions of a Waitress by Debra Ginsberg Discussion Leader: Cece Wiltzius
September 11	This House of Sky by Ivan Doig Discussion Leader: Camille Banks
November 13	Dispatches by Michael Herr Discussion Leader: Cece Wiltzius? Discussion leader: Stephen Leahy?

Friends of Books meets the second Wednesday at 2:00pm every other month beginning in February to discuss recent and classic fiction and non-fiction books. Books are available through the Reference and Information Desks (832-6173 and 832-6177) for reserve or check-out.

Feb 12	Comfort Me with Apples by Ruth Reichl Discussion leader - Jeanne DeGroot
Apr 9	Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier Discussion leader - Rosemary Cummings
June 11	The End of an Affair by Graham Greene Discussion leader - Gayle Schultz

The book study group What a Novel Idea meets monthly except for December. The evening group meets the third Monday at 6:30pm and the afternoon group meets the third Tuesday at 2:00pm. Participants may choose whatever group fits into their schedules. Camille Banks is the discussion leader. The group discusses classic and award-winning novels. Books are available from Community Services (832-1695) for check-out.

January February, March	*Dr. Zhivago* By Boris Pasternak
April, May, June	*The Killer Angles* by Michael Shaara
July, August	*The Bridge of San Luis Rey* by Thornton Wilder
September, October, November	*The Hours* By Michael Cunningham

Friends of Poetry is a poetry appreciation/discussion program that is presented quarterly from 6:00-8:00pm on selected Thursday evenings. The programs feature the video series Voices and Visions followed by a discussion of selected poems. Camille Banks and Cecilia Wiltzius are discussion leaders.

February 27	Ezra Pound
May 29	Hart Crane
August 28	Robert Lowell
October 30	Wallace Stevens

All discussion programs are held in the library's lower level meeting room. They are free and open to the general public. New participants are always welcome.

Appleton Public Library / 225 N. Oneida St. / Appleton, Wisconsin 54911 (920) 832-6170
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