Catching People's Stories with Jane Beck - VT Author
Wednesday October 12th 5pm
Vermont Reads Program: The Most Costly Journey
“Catching People’s Stories” with Jane Beck
Sponsored by Vermont Humanities
Jane is the founder and former director of the Vermont
Folklife Center and the author of Daisy Turner’s Kin, an
African American Family Saga, based on sixty interviews
with the daughter of slaves. She has used the recorded
interview as her major source of material for exhibits, media,
and written materials throughout her career. This technique
puts the focus on people, personal history, family stories,
experiences, values and attitudes—ordinary people often
doing extraordinary things. This is a reflective talk on why
people tell stories, what they mean to an individual, and
examples of how they are used.
Following Jane’s presentation we will be showing a brief
VT Humanities Video: “Migrant Workers Discuss Life in VT”
Light refreshments will be served.
2022 VT Reads: The Most Costly Journey
Stories of Migrant Farmer Workers in Vermont
Drawn by New England Cartoonists
Book Discussion at Pettee Memroail Library Wednesday October 19th 6 pm