TALK Series: Community: The Way We Live

Program Type:

Book Talk

Age Group:

Adults
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Event Details

The quest for community has taken many forms in the history of the United States. Today we worry that our sense of community may be weakening as a result of crime, mobility, and greater ethnic diversity. This book discussion series visits both rural and urban communities, each with a unique message about how people find ways to live together and depend upon one another for support and tolerance.

Mama Day by Gloria Naylor. Discussion leader: Marilyn Klaus, University of Kansas (retired)

On the Georgia sea island of Willow Springs, people still use only herbal medicine and honor ancestors who came over as slaves. Matriarch Mama Day, who can call up lightning storms and see secrets in her dreams, tests her powers when her great-niece, a stubbornly emancipated woman, finds her life and soul in danger from the island's darker forces.