The Monday series of talks, sponsored by the Friends of the Library, is held at noon in the McChesney Room of the Central Library on Clinton Street. You may bring a bag lunch; coffee and tea are available for a nominal fee. The room is equipped with special devices for the hearing-impaired. These programs are also broadcast on the Schenectady Public Access channel.
NOON PROGRAMS
BOOKS SANDWICHED IN
Linda Witkowski, Coordinator
Jan. 9 Harnessed: How Language and Music Mimicked Nature and Transformed Ape to Man by Mark Changizi; reviewed by Dr. Sherri Lyons, Empire State College professor and science writer. “…Changizi’s proposals are impressively specific…describes many oddball facts about language and music.”
Jan. 23 Emma Goldman: Revolution as a Way of Life by Vivian Gornick; reviewed by Esther Willison, staffer and reviewer at the Open Door Bookstore, and member of the International Women’s Writing Guild. “Gornick’s portrayal of Goldman captures Goldman’s psychological makeup in a profound, empathetic, and eloquent way.”
Jan. 30 The Shakespeare Thefts: In Search of the First Folios by Eric Rasmussen; reviewed by Robert Dickson, local businessman. “An enjoyable literary detective story . . . Shakespeare himself would have enjoyed each of the tales recorded in this diverting book.”
Feb. 6 The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt; reviewed by Bertrand Fay, adjunct faculty and lecturer at Russell Sage and Union College, performance artist , UCALL presenter. “More wonderfully illuminating Renaissance history from a master scholar and historian.”
Feb. 13 The Pun Also Rises: How the Humble Pun Revolutionized Language, Changed History, and Made Wordplay More Than Some Antics by John Pollack; reviewed by Roy Williams, retired Niskayuna School science teacher. “an authoritative yet playful exploration of a practice that is common, in one form or another, to virtually every language on earth.”
Feb. 27 The Reading Promise: My Father and the Books We Shared by Alice Ozma; reviewer TBA
