North Carolina Humanities Council

Let's Talk About It


Let's Talk About It Let's Talk About It (LTAI) is a library discussion 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 series that 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.	Faith Differences and Different Faiths: Exploring Religion in Modern American Fiction	12.	Tar Heel Fiction: A Second Look
2.	Mysteries: Clues to Who We Are	13.	Exploring the American West...Whose West?
3.	The Journey Inward: Women's Autobiography	14.	Mad Women in the Attic
4.	Not for Children Only	15.	Journeys Across Time and Place: Mapping Southern Identities
5.	Imagining the Future: Scientific Revelations in Fiction	16.	One Vision, Many Voices: Latino Literature
6.	Rebirth of a Nation: Nationalism and the Civil War	17. NEW!	Divergent Cultures: the Middle East in Literature
7.	Tar Heel Fiction: Writers from North Carolina's Literary Hall of Fame	18. NEW!	Beyond the Battlefield: Alternative Views of War
8.	What America Reads: Myth Making in Popular Fiction	19. NEW!	Law and Literature: The Eva R. Rubin Series
9.	How Folklife Crafts Our Literature, Lives, and Communities	20. NEW!	America's Greatest Conflict: Novels of the Civil War
10.	The African American Experience: Looking Forward, Looking Back	21. NEW!	Discovering the Literary South: The Louis D. Rubin, Jr. Series
11.	Destruction or Redemption: Images of Romantic Love	22. NEW!	Affirming Aging

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