The kick-off event in Brocton's Ahira Hall Public Library on Tuesday, Feb 23 was a terrific success, thanks to the organizing efforts of Senior Seminar students Ashley and Elizabeth. The public reading, which featured Judy Gilbert, board president and former town mayor, brought together elders and teenagers from the local community on a drizzly, cold February evening for an hour or so of reading together passages from My Antonia. I'm delighted to have had the chance to witness the gathering -- a true sign of the transformative and community-building power of literature. The vision of some of the town's most youthful and most senior citizens coming together to take in Cather's novel was especially meaningful in light of the novel's emphasis on the dynamics and connections between the generations.
Thanks, Ashley and Elizabeth, for making this special event happen!
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