LET'S TALK ABOUT IT:
How Folklore Crafts Our Literature, Lives, and Communities

The North Carolina Folklore developed "How Folklife Crafts Our Literature, Lives, and Communities," a new "Let's Talk About It" reading and discussion series, with funding from the NC Humanities Council and in collaboration with the NC Center for the Book. The series includes works of fiction and non-fiction that represent a diverse sampling of traditional forms, geographic settings, historical time periods, and ethnic and cultural affiliations.

The series invites participants to explore the ways that North Carolina authors use folk communities and traditions to develop characters, imagery, setting, drama, and a sense of place. The selected books include a variety of genres, such as historical fiction, mystery, autobiography, and non-fiction. This program aims to stimulate critical conversations that engage folklorists and community members in dialogues about the fluid, vital nature of folklife and its role in shaping our communities and helping us understand other communities and cultures better.

The series includes:

A Tree Accurst, by Daniel Patterson
Nowhere Else on Earth, by Josephine Humphreys
Somerset Homecoming, by Dorothy Spruill Redford
From Cambodia to Greensboro, by Barbara Lau
Uncommon Clay, by Margaret Maron

For information on "Let's Talk About It" programs, visit www.nchumanities.org/ltai.html .

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