The Santa Monica Public Library will host a five-part reading and discussion series called “Let’s Talk About It: Jewish Literature” on the theme of sex and love. Barbara Bilson, a veteran professor of English at Santa Monica College and Jewish literature teacher at Leo Baeck Temple in Los Angeles, will lead the discussions in the series.
Books to be discussed are Philip Roth’s “Portnoy’s Complaint” on Sept. 16; Grace Paley’s “The Little Disturbances of Man” on Sept. 30; S.Y. Agnon’s “A Simple Story” on Oct. 14; A.B. Yehoshua’s “The Lover” on Oct. 28; and Rebecca Goldstein’s “The Mind- Body Problem” on Nov. 11.
The series will be a launched with a special program, entitled “Jewish Stories of Love and Family for the New Year,” with acclaimed storyteller Karen Golden on Sunday, Sept. 9, from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. in the Children’s Activity Room at the Main Library. Golden is the recipient of a National Parenting Publications Gold Award and is well known for her community storytelling around Santa Monica.
No registration is required, and all discussions will be held in the Multipurpose Room of the Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd. at 2 p.m. For more information on these and other Santa Monica Public Library programs, call (310) 458-8600.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 30, 2007. Read the original PDF.