Memorial Library offers ‘Let’s Talk About It’ book group

GUILFORD — The Guilford Memorial Library has been selected by the Maine Humanities Council to offer “Let’s Talk About It”, a free reading and discussion group with copies of books available through the library. This program is provided by the Maine Humanities Council’s Maine Center for the Book in cooperation with the Maine State Library.

The series “Passage of Time, The Meaning of Change: Perspectives by Five Maine Writers” begins Tuesday, Dec.  8 at the Guilford Memorial Library, and continues for five sessions through Tuesday, April 12.

Books to be read and discussed in this series include “The Country of the Pointed Firs” – Sarah Orne Jewett, “Collected Lyrics” – Edna St. Vincent Millay, “One Man’s Meat” – E.B. White, “As We Are Now” – May Sarton and “The Beans of Egypt, Maine” – Carolyn Chute. A scholar provided by the Maine Humanities Council will facilitate these discussions.

“Exploring ideas and issues through literature has a unique and fun way of creating community,” said Nicole Rancourt, director of Let’s Talk About It. “We find that there is great interest among adults in getting together to discuss what they’ve read with others. Having a discussion leader who is both excited about the readings and skilled in facilitating can help to deepen this experience.”

Books for the program are available for loan at the library. Please call the library at 876-4547 to register and come in to pick up the first book of the series. The library is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.