History and Humanities
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- September 11, 2018
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- Tuesday Morning Booktalks
Tuesday Morning Booktalks
Summary
Join other book lovers for exciting discussions of world literature. Extensive handouts provided. Section 1 – Lost and Found: Before We Were Yours: A Novel by Lisa Wingate – Sept 11 (Emily Auerbach); All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy – Sept 18 (Kevin Mullen); and News of the World by Paulette Jiles – Sept 25 (Marshall Cook). Section 2 – The Joy of Dictionaries: The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester – Oct 9 (Emily Auerbach); The Great Passage by Shion Miura – Oct 16 (Kevin Mullen); and Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries by Kory Stamper – Oct 23 (Marshall Cook).
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Need scholarship assistance? Please contact Emily Auerbach at 608-262-3733.
Join other book lovers for exciting discussions of world literature. Extensive handouts provided. Section 1 – Lost and Found: Before We Were Yours: A Novel by Lisa Wingate – Sept 11 (Emily Auerbach); All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy – Sept 18 (Kevin Mullen); and News of the World by Paulette Jiles – Sept 25 (Marshall Cook). Section 2 – The Joy of Dictionaries: The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester – Oct 9 (Emily Auerbach); The Great Passage by Shion Miura – Oct 16 (Kevin Mullen); and Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries by Kory Stamper – Oct 23 (Marshall Cook).
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Details
Need scholarship assistance? Please contact Emily Auerbach at 608-262-3733.
Earn Credit Hours
By participating in this class you will earn:
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Upcoming Dates
Register by phone: 608-262-2451
Schedule
6 weeks; Tue, Sept 11–Oct 23, 9:30-11am (No class Oct 2)
Instructor(s)
MARSHALL COOK
MARSHALL COOK (MA, Stanford Univ.) teaches writing for UW-Madison. His 26 published books include the Monona Quinn Mystery series and the true crime book The Great Wisconsin Manhunt of 1961. He edits Creativity Connection: The Writer's Quarterly Encouragement.
EMILY AUERBACH
EMILY AUERBACH (PhD, Univ. of Washington) is a professor of English, the director of the life-changing UW Odyssey Project, odyssey.wisc.edu, and co-host of Wisconsin Public Radio's University of the Air. She teaches Tuesday Morning Booktalks at the downtown library and coordinates Eloquence and Eminence: Emeritus Faculty Lectures.
Emily Auerbach is an award-winning English Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She serves as Project Director of the UW Odyssey Project, a free, life-changing college humanities course for low-income adults. In addition, Emily Auerbach is co-host of University of the Air, a one-hour program broadcast statewide on Wisconsin Public Radio on Sundays from 4-5 PM featuring interviews with faculty in a variety of disciplines. She is the Project Director of the “Courage to Write” series of radio documentaries and written guides on women writers.
Emily Auerbach’s most recent book is entitled Searching for Jane Austen. International scholar and novelist Margaret Drabble calls the book “a witty, approachable introduction to Jane Austen for today’s readers, using modern analytical techniques to reveal new aspects of a great writer” and observes, “Emily Auerbach’s approach to Jane Austen is lively, engaging, and thoroughly modern. Like Austen, Auerbach wears her wide learning lightly and imparts a great deal of information in a most enjoyable manner.”
Emily reaches hundreds of thousands of nontraditional students through lectures and book discussions at public libraries, Elderhostels, prisons, retirement centers, schools, and service clubs as well as through courses taught through the mail and online. Over 4,000 people attended “Jane Austen in the 21st Century,” a 40-event festival she directed for the UW Center for the Humanities. This interdisciplinary festival was honored with the 2001 Governor’s Award in the Humanities. Emily has received numerous other teaching, broadcasting, arts, and humanitarian awards for her work, including the Robert Gard Wisconsin Idea Award, the Van Hise Outreach Teaching Award, the Underkofler Distinguished Teaching Award, the Bartell Arts Award, and the Ohio State Broadcasting Award.
KEVIN MULLEN
KEVIN MULLEN (PhD, UW-Madison) is the associate director of the UW Odyssey Project. He has taught writing for more than 10 years. At many events, he assumes the moniker of the Writing Doctor and helps writers with a range of ailments.
Fee
One class $14 | One section (3 classes) $34 | Both sections (6 classes) $60
Location
Madison Public Library
201 W. Mifflin St.
Madison , WI
Earn Credit Hours
By participating in this class you will earn:
View the explanation of credit hours
Questions?
Contact:You can contact Customer Service at info@dcs.wisc.edu or 608-262-1156.
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Cancellation Policy:
Our cancellation policy varies by type of program. View our policies page for more details about cancelling a program.
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MARSHALL COOK
MARSHALL COOK (MA, Stanford Univ.) teaches writing for UW-Madison. His 26 published books include the Monona Quinn Mystery series and the true crime book The Great Wisconsin Manhunt of 1961. He edits Creativity Connection: The Writer's Quarterly Encouragement.
EMILY AUERBACH
EMILY AUERBACH (PhD, Univ. of Washington) is a professor of English, the director of the life-changing UW Odyssey Project, odyssey.wisc.edu, and co-host of Wisconsin Public Radio's University of the Air. She teaches Tuesday Morning Booktalks at the downtown library and coordinates Eloquence and Eminence: Emeritus Faculty Lectures.
Emily Auerbach is an award-winning English Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She serves as Project Director of the UW Odyssey Project, a free, life-changing college humanities course for low-income adults. In addition, Emily Auerbach is co-host of University of the Air, a one-hour program broadcast statewide on Wisconsin Public Radio on Sundays from 4-5 PM featuring interviews with faculty in a variety of disciplines. She is the Project Director of the “Courage to Write” series of radio documentaries and written guides on women writers.
Emily Auerbach’s most recent book is entitled Searching for Jane Austen. International scholar and novelist Margaret Drabble calls the book “a witty, approachable introduction to Jane Austen for today’s readers, using modern analytical techniques to reveal new aspects of a great writer” and observes, “Emily Auerbach’s approach to Jane Austen is lively, engaging, and thoroughly modern. Like Austen, Auerbach wears her wide learning lightly and imparts a great deal of information in a most enjoyable manner.”
Emily reaches hundreds of thousands of nontraditional students through lectures and book discussions at public libraries, Elderhostels, prisons, retirement centers, schools, and service clubs as well as through courses taught through the mail and online. Over 4,000 people attended “Jane Austen in the 21st Century,” a 40-event festival she directed for the UW Center for the Humanities. This interdisciplinary festival was honored with the 2001 Governor’s Award in the Humanities. Emily has received numerous other teaching, broadcasting, arts, and humanitarian awards for her work, including the Robert Gard Wisconsin Idea Award, the Van Hise Outreach Teaching Award, the Underkofler Distinguished Teaching Award, the Bartell Arts Award, and the Ohio State Broadcasting Award.
KEVIN MULLEN
KEVIN MULLEN (PhD, UW-Madison) is the associate director of the UW Odyssey Project. He has taught writing for more than 10 years. At many events, he assumes the moniker of the Writing Doctor and helps writers with a range of ailments.
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Upcoming Dates
September 11 - October 23, 2018
4106-19-LAAS
Register by phone: 608-262-2451
Schedule
6 weeks; Tue, Sept 11–Oct 23, 9:30-11am (No class Oct 2)
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Fee
One class $14 | One section (3 classes) $34 | Both sections (6 classes) $60
Location
Madison Public Library
201 W. Mifflin St.
Madison , WI
Earn Credit Hours
By participating in this class you will earn:
Questions about this program?
You can contact Customer Service at info@dcs.wisc.edu or 608-262-1156.
Cancellation Policy:
Our cancellation policy varies by type of program. View our policies page for more details about cancelling a program.
More History and Humanities Offerings
Storytelling in Digital Audio
Voicing the Story: Jazz Singers
Great Composers: Josquin, A. Scarlatti, Brahms, Ravel
Have Questions?
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Previous Class
4107-18-LAAS
Schedule
6 weeks; Tue, Mar 6-Apr 17, 9:30-11am (no class Mar 27)
Instructor(s)
MARSHALL COOK
EMILY AUERBACH
SAGE GOELLNER
KEVIN MULLEN
Location
Madison Public Library
201 W. Mifflin St.
Madison , WI