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Follow on Google News | Willa Cather: A Book Discussion Series Led by Mark ScarbroughJoin Mark Scarbrough as he leads this three-part series featuring Willa Cather on Sunday, December 6, 2015 from 1:00- 2:00 p.m.
Willa Cather: A Book Discussion Series will explore O’Pioneers on December 6, My Ántonia on January 10 and A Lost Lady on February 7. December 6: O’Pioneers- This powerful early novel tells the story of the young Alexandra Bergson, whose dying father leaves her in charge of the family and of the lands they have struggled to farm. Evoking the harsh grandeur of the prairie, this landmark of American fiction unfurls a saga of love, greed, murder, failed dreams, and hard-won triumph. Mark Scarbrough started his professional life as an academic. He did his graduate work at the University of Wisconsin where he was the department’s senior lecturer, then landed in the English department at Saint Edward’s University in Austin. His academic papers included those on Chaucer and Harriet Beecher Stowe. After several years he resigned and moved to New York to write. In New York, he met and married Bruce Weinstein. Together, they have written more than two dozen cookbooks, and have appeared on The Today Show, CBS This Morning and The View. His website is bruceandmark.com. Books will be available to borrow one month in advance. All Oliver Wolcott Library events are free and open to the public. Space is limited. Registration is required and can be done by calling 860-567-8030 or logging onto www.owlibrary.org and clicking on Programs/Adult Programs. End
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