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LFPL's Short Courses are taught like real college courses by professors and experts in their fields. Some will require reading and encourage field trips.  All will be free and open to anyone with no academic background required. This is a chance to stretch your mind in new directions.

Heartaches and hard-won wisdom: Exploring coming-of-age short stories

From relationships with parents to love and romance, this four-week course – led by Dr. Patty Payette of the University of Louisville -- will examine the coming-of-age genre in short stories and memoirs by modern U.S. writers. 

The class will run from 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesdays in June at the Main Library – from June 4 to 25. 

All of the short stories discussed come from Mary Frosch’s Coming of Age in America: A Multicultural Anthology and a few short pieces of Sandra Cisneros’ House on Mango Street.  Books will be provided to class members. 

Class size may be limited, so register by calling 574-1680.

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