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Reading and Discussion Programs
Books
available for loan
statewide
The following books are
available through the Nebraska Humanities Council for loan either individually
or as part of a series. Books can be borrowed by any non-profit organization at
no cost except shipping. To reserve books, contact the NHC at 402-474-2131 or e-mail
nhc@nebraskahumanities.org.
The American Plains
This series focuses on a sense of place and the challenges facing those who came
to live on the Great Plains: Native Americans, European-American settlers, and
those who followed. Inhabitants of the Plains have to establish a relationship
with place—the land, the sky, the weather and the wind. The books in this series
explore our relationship to place, our expectations and our responsibilities.
- "Black Elk Speaks," as told
by John G. Neihardt
- "The Ceremony" by Weldon
Kees
- "Giants in the Earth" by
O.E. Rolvaag
- "The Home Place" by Wright
Morris
- "My Antonia" by Willa
Cather
- "O Pioneers" by Willa
Cather
- "Old Jules" by Mari Sandoz
- "Shingling the Fog and
Other Plains Lies" by Roger Welsch
- “This House of Sky” by Ivan
Doig
- "A White Bird
Flying" by Bess Streeter Aldrich
American
History
This list was developed by NHC staff to encompass important events and
moments in American history.
- "The
Exodusters" by Nell Irvin Painter
- "Lewis and
Clark Among the Indians" by James Ronda
Multicultural American Writing
This series was developed when the Nebraska Humanities Council brought
together scholars in African-American, Asian-American, Latino and Native
American literature to select books that bring about a better understanding
of these cultures.
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"Braided
Lives: An Anthology of Multicultural American Writing," edited by
Michigan Humanities Council
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"Canicula:
Snapshots of a Girlhood en la Frontera" by Norma Elia Cantu
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"Fools
Crow" by James Welch
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"In Love
and Trouble" by Alice Walker
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"Mankiller:
A Chief and Her People" by Wilma Mankiller and Michael Wallis
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"No-No Boy"
by John Okada
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"The
Wedding" by Dorothy West
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"The Woman
Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
Lives Worth
Knowing
Developed by the American Library Association, this book discussion program
focuses on biographies and autobiographies. This particular series offers a
multicultural perspective, including African-American, Hispanic-American,
Polish-American and Native American writers.
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"Hunger of
Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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"I Know Why
the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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"Lost In
Translation" by Eva Hoffman
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"The Names:
A Memoir" by N. Scott Momaday
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"Sojourner
Truth" by Nell Irvin Painter
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"Theodore
Rex" by Edmund Morris
Let’s Talk About It:
Jewish Literature
Developed by the American Library Association
this series explores identity and imagination in contemporary
and classic Jewish literature. This set of books addresses the
theme
"Between Two
Worlds: Stories of Estrangement and Homecoming."
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“Lost in
Translation” by Eva Hoffman
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“Mr.
Sammler’s Planet” by Saul Bellow
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“The Centaur
in the Garden” by Moacyr Scliar
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“Kaaterskill
Falls” by Allegra Goodman
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“Out of Egypt” by André
Aciman
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