Open Books - Open Minds

"Is there a novel that, in a fit of envy, Holden Caulfield, Huck Finn, Harriet the Spy, and Krazy Kat - all of the above - might long to enter? And would feel at home in? Yes, Jonathan Safran Foer's funny, tender, tragic, ingeniously imaginative Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close..." --Cynthia Ozick

The Common Book Project at Rhode Island College

• Wednesday, September 9, 2009 12:30-2:00 PM. -- All freshmen and transfer students were required to read this book over the summer before starting classes in the fall, and will take part in book discussions led by student mentors. Information for New Students

• Friday, September 11th at 8:30 AM – Reading the book will bring back memories of September 11th 2001 to all of us. Please join the college community at the September 11th memorial on the quad for a reading of the names to honor those who died in the disaster that day.

• Thursday, October 1st at 11:00-12:30 AM – “Empire, Modernity, Contest, and the Origins of 9/11,” a presentation by Professors Karl Benziger and David Thomas will take place in the Fortes Room in Adams Library.

• Wednesday, October 14th Author/illustrator, JarrettJ. Krosoczka will present:
• 10:00-11:00 AM, a Workshop for Students at Henry Barnard School
• 12:00-1:00 PM, an Illustration Workshop for RIC students in the Faculty Dining Room in Donovan Dining Center
• 1:00-2:00,“Writing with Pictures” a presentation open to all in the Faculty Dining Room in Donovan Dining Center
• 4:00 PM – join us in a reception for Mr. Krosoczka in the Bannister Gallery

• Wednesday, November 4th at 12:30-2:00 in the Fortes Room in Adams Library, “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Persistent – the inner voices and urges of grief,” a workshop led by Dr. Thomas Lavin, Director of the Counseling Center.