NMCC library hosts “let’s Talk About It”

    PRESQUE ISLE – The E. Perrin Edmunds Library at Northern Maine Community College is inviting the community to join in the “Let’s Talk About It” book group, a free reading and discussion series that will run from mid-September through November.     NMCC was selected by the Maine Humanities Council to offer “Let’s Talk About It,” which, this fall, will focus on the theme “Defining Wilderness: Defining Maine.” The series, developed for the Humanities Council by historian Candace Kanes, examines the Maine wilderness, how various people have experienced it and written about it, and how those accounts have influenced Maine and shaped its identity.
    According to Roy, five sessions will be held as part of the series in which participants will discuss a different book each time. All five books are available through the Edmunds Library at NMCC. Interested participants are encouraged to stop by the library to pick up the books.
    The opening session for the “Let’s Talk About It” book group took place Monday, Sept. 14, in the Edmunds Library at NMCC. David Raymond, NMCC humanities instructor, led the discussion on Henry David Thoreau’s “The Maine Woods.”
    The second session, which will be led by Jennifer Graham, NMCC English instructor, will take place Thursday, Oct. 8 at noon in the college library. Participants will have read and will discuss “The Wilderness from Chamberlain Farm: A Story of Hope for the American Wild” by Dean Bennett.
    “Fly Rod Crosby: the Woman Who Marketed Maine” by Julia A. Hunter and Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. will be the featured text for discussion at the third meeting in the series, which will be held Friday, Oct. 16, 10 a.m., Edmunds Library, and will be led by Misty Robinson, NMCC graduate and Roy.
    The final two sessions will be held Tuesday, Oct. 27, and Monday, Nov. 9, both at noon in the Edmunds Library. The Oct. 27 discussion will be led by area forester Tim Scott and will focus on the book “Campfires Rekindled” by George S. Kephart. The Nov. 9 discussion will be led by Jan Greico, NMCC English instructor, and will center on the book, “We Took to the Woods,” by Louise Dickinson Rich.
    Books for the program are available for loan at the NMCC library. Interested community members are encouraged to call the library at 768-2734 to register and come in to pick up the first book of the series. The library is open Monday through Thursday from 7:30 a.m.-8 p.m.; Friday, 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
    The “Let’s Talk About It” program is offered to Maine libraries through the Maine Humanities Council by a grant from the Belvedere Fund of the Maine Community Foundation.
    FMI on the NMCC series, contact Roy at 768-2734 or by e-mail at groy@nmcc.edu. FMI about “Let’s Talk About It” and the work of the Maine Humanities Council, see www.mainehumanities.org or call the office in Portland at 773-5051.