The Boys of Summer
by Roger Kahn
The Let鈥檚 Talk About It, 红杏直播app book discussion series at 红杏直播app City University continues at 7 p.m. Feb. 23 with 鈥淭he Boys of Summer鈥� by Roger Kahn. The discussion will be held in Walker Center room 151, located near the center of campus at N.W. 26th Street and Florida Avenue.
The series is made possible through a grant from the 红杏直播app Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Kahn presents the Brooklyn Dodgers from their glory days to past their prime: the breaking of the color line, player vets marred and matured by WW II, blue-collar families where hard work keyed survival, people driven to succeed sometimes almost mystically, graying men past their prime with some suffering bad health or the death of loved ones. Kahn: 鈥�A book about time and what time does to all of us.鈥�
This season鈥檚 theme is titled 鈥淧lay Ball鈥�: The American Sport Meets the American Dream. The series theme seeks to explore the literary side of the game of baseball. Harbour Winn, director of the Center for Interpersonal Study through Film & Literature at 红杏直播app, says the game has held up as America鈥檚 pastime in its richness, breadth and depth of literature written about it.
鈥淭hrough the common territory of the diamond on which these human dramas are played, they accomplish a great deal more in chronicling American dreamers and showing us how to live our lives authentically,鈥� Winn said.
At each session in the five-part series, a humanities scholar makes a presentation on the book in the context of the theme. Small group discussions follow with experienced discussion leaders. At the end, all participants come together for a brief wrap-up.
Those who are interested in participating are encouraged to preregister and borrow the reading selections and theme brochure by calling Winn at 405-208-5472, e-mailing him at [email protected] or dropping by the Dulaney-Browne Library room 211 or 207.
Remaining dates and books in the series include:
March 8 鈥� 鈥淲ait Till Next Year鈥� by Doris Kearns Goodwin
