North Carolina Humanities Council

Let's Talk About It


Let's Talk About It Let's Talk About It (LTAI) is a library discusison series that brings scholars and community members together to explore how selected books, films, or poetry illuminate a particular theme. Book Series A nine-week reading and discussion series that includes five books that is held every other week and led by a new scholar each week. Film Series A six-week, film and discussion seriesthat is held weekly and led by one scholar. Poetry Series A six-week, reading-audio/video-discussion program that is held weekly and led by one scholar. The Let's Talk About It Series are sponsored by the North Carolina Humanities Council in cooperation with the North Carolina Center for the Book.
Book Series (return to top)
A nine-week, reading and discussion series; held every other week, led by a new scholar each week.
1.	Destruction or Redemption: Images of Romantic Love	11.	What America Reads: Myth Making in Popular Fiction
2.	Faith Differences and Different Faiths: Exploring Religion in Modern American Fiction	11.	Making a Living, Making a Life: Work and Its Rewards in a Changing America
3.	Mysteries: Clues to Who We Are	12.	How Folklife Crafts Our Literature, Lives, and Communities
4.	The Way We Were, The Way We Are: Seasons in the Contemporary American Family	13.	Twentieth Century African American Literature
5.	The Journey Inward: Women's Autobiography	14.	Tar Heel Fiction: A Second Look
6.	Not for Children Only	15.	Exploring the American West...Whose West?
7.	Imagining the Future: Scientific Revelations in Fiction	16.	Mad Women in the Attic
8.	Rebirth of a Nation: Nationalism and the Civil War	17.	Journeys Across Time and Place: Mapping Southern Identities
9.	Tar Heel Fiction: Literary Perspectives on North Carolina	18.	One Vision, Many Visions: Latino Literature in the U.S.

Film Series (return to top)
A six-week, film and discussion series; held weekly, led by one scholar.
1.	The World War I Years: America Becomes a World Power	5.	The Sixties: A Film History of America's Decade of Crisis and Change
2.	From Rosie To Roosevelt: A Film History Of Americans In World War II Option A: The American People Option B: The American Command	6.	The Research Revolution: The Laboratory and the Shaping of Modern Life
3.	Post-War Years, Cold War Fears: American Culture and Politics, 1946-1960	7.	Fast Forward: Science, Technology and the Communication Revolution
4.	Presidents, Politics and Power: American Presidents Who Shaped the Twentieth Century, 1901-1989	8. NEW!	Looking at: Jazz, America's Art Form

Poetry Series (return to top)
A six-week, reading-audio/video-discussion program; held weekly, led by one scholar.
1.	NC Reads NC: Our Poets Speak	3.	Voices and Visions
2.	Poets in Person