A Program in Partnership with the Thoreau Society
Author talks and writing workshops that encourage critical thinking and perceptive writing about the world and ourselves.
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Spring 2025
Linguaphile: A Conversation with Julie Sedivy
7pm
Free Online Event.
Julie Sedivy has taught linguistics and psychology at Brown University and the University of Calgary. She is the author of Memory Speaks: On Losing and Reclaiming Language and Self and Language in Mind: An Introduction to Psycholinguistics, as well as the coauthor of Sold on Language: How Advertisers Talk to You and What This Says About You. She lives in Calgary, Canada.
Fall 2025
Drinks with God: An Afternoon with Lawrence Millman
Sunday, September 7, 2025
2pm
At Thoreau Farm
Free Public Event
Prepare for a hilarious, blasphemous, and utterly unique exploration of divinity like no other. Within the pages of Drinks with God the reader is treated to an unconventional take on familiar biblical figures. Reading it might not sway your religious beliefs, but it’s guaranteed to leave you in stitches. Join us for a raucous afternoon with Lawrence Millman and this new book.