Novel Talk: Gender Wars

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WHAT: An exciting new TCCL venture aimed at giving all Tulsa-area adults an opportunity to talk about serious issues and connect with other intelligent adults. Novel Talk: Smart Conversations for Serious Readers is a panel-discussion-esque smarty-pants extravaganza in which experts will talk about cultural issues as they are mirrored in fiction.

WHEN: The first Novel Talk program is set for Thursday, January 24 at 7 p.m. at Central Library and will focus on "Gender Wars" – you know, all of the contentious gender issues our society has been wrapped up in the last 30 or more years.  

WHO: Experts for the evening:
Dr. Kate Adams, University of Tulsa – Assistant Professor of English and former Women's Studies Director at TU
Dr. Mark Malaby, Ball State University – Assistant Professor of Education and "Masculinity Studies" scholar
Dr. Lanny Endicott, Oral Roberts University – Director of Social Work and 2003 Social Worker of the Year, National Association of Social Workers for Oklahoma

Drs. Adams, Malaby, and Endicott will be discussing novels by John Updike, Anne Tyler, and Jonathan Franzen – and what those novels tell us about the changing social mores, living patterns, and expectations of today's society.

WHAT ELSE: Think of it as a kind of rave... only for smart people. And without the strobe lights.

EVERY ATTENDEE WILL RECEIVE A COUPON FOR A FREE BEVERAGE FROM BARNES & NOBLE @ 41ST AND YALE. DOOR PRIZES! MUSIC BY ACOUSTIC ROSS AT 6:30 P.M.