Shaking Two Nickels Together: A Literary Perspective on Impoverishment and Income Inequality

Shaking Two Nickels Together: A Literary Perspective on Impoverishment and Income Inequality
4th Tuesday of the month, January through April 2015, 6:30 p.m.
Sturgis Library
3090 Main Street (Route 6A)
Barnstable, MA 02630
508-362-6636 Sign up for this winter's Reading and Discussion Series, “Shaking Two Nickels Together: A Literary Perspective on Impoverishment and Income Inequality.” Scholars will examine poverty and income inequality through literature, discussing historical, socioeconomic context and current, regional conditions, so that participants can consider how each situation informs the other. Texts are available at the Library, and attendance at all lectures is not required.
24 February: “A Tale of Two Cities,” by Charles Dickens – with Anne Speyer.
24 March: Selected Victorian poetry on poverty – with Paula Krebs.
28 April: “Bread and Wine,” by Ignazio Silone – with James Crowley. To register, call 508-362-6636 or email sturgisreference@comcast.net. Sponsored by a grant from Mass Humanities (masshumanities.org).
12 May: “Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America,” by Barbara Ehrenreich – with Elaine Craghead.