Finally there is something here in Slidell! I think I will try to attend and hope there is a good turn out so they will sponser more events locally! I already have some of the books in my collection. Anyone else planning on going? Penny T ----- Original Message ---- From: Wilson <redhangar@charter.net> To: peggy <rooneytoon29@earthlink.net>; laorlean@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 5:47:44 PM Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] Library to hold program on Creole literature and history Peggy: Is there any way to get/order a copy of the materials? I live in TX and will not be able to get to the meetings. Thanks G. Wilson Granbury, TX ----- Original Message ----- From: "peggy" <rooneytoon29@earthlink.net> To: <laorlean@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 11:47 AM Subject: [LAORLEAN] Library to hold program on Creole literature and history > > Library to hold program on Creole literature and history > Posted by Roberta Carrow-Jackson March 24, 2008 11:29AM > Categories: Art & Culture > > The St. Tammany Parish Library - Slidell Branch at 555 Robert Blvd. will > host a six-week series of readings and discussions about the literary and > historical significance of Louisiana's Creole population. > > Melissa Bryant, Adult Programming Coordinator for the St. Tammany Parish > Public Library, announced in a news release today the free Creole > literature and history program "The Creole Identity and Experience in > Louisiana Literature and History." > > Funded by the State of Louisiana and sponsored by the Louisiana Endowment > for the Humanities and the Louisiana Library Association, the program is > free and open to the public and will be held on Wednesdays from 6:30 to > 8:30 p.m., beginning on April 23 and concluding on May 28 for a total of > six sessions. Those interested in attending are encouraged to register in > advance at the library - call 985-646-6470. > > "The Creole Identity and Experience" will be conducted by Thomas Fick, > Professor of English at Southeastern Louisiana University. The six > sessions are entitled: > 1) Colonial Foundations of Creole Culture and Identity; > 2) Les Americains and the Creole Experience: Cultural Transformation, > Criticism and Defense; 3) Gens de Couleur Libre: Neither White nor Black; > 4) Gens de Couleur Libre: Between Privilege and Oppression; > 5) A Legacy of Triumph: Four Generations of Creole Women; > 6) Creole Identity at Mid-Twentieth Century: Assimilation and Survival. > > Texts include: George Washington Cable's The Grandissimes, The Feast of > All Saints by Anne Rice, Creole New Orleans: Race and Americanization, by > Arnold Hirsch and Joseph Logsdon, Catherine Carmier, by Ernest Gaines, and > Cane River by Lalita Tademy. > > "Creole identity and culture have become uniquely associated with > Louisiana and have both persisted and undergone dynamic change in our > state's history," stated James Segreto, Director of RELIC Library Programs > for the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. He added, "'The Creole > Identity and Experience in Louisiana Literature and History' will offer > the reading public an opportunity to consider why Creole identity has > evolved and migrated among groups over history and how class, race, and > culture have been used by writers of the Creole experience. Historical > articles and novels will serve as platforms to launch discussions about > this endlessly engaging subject." > > Pre-registration is strongly encouraged because of the limited number of > books and expected public response. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LAORLEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LAORLEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs