Please join us with leader Mark Schenker, PhD., Dean of Academic Affairs, Yale University, in an intellectually stimulating discussion.

Multiple copies of the book are available at the library. Refreshments provided after discussion.

BookMark meets on the third Tuesday of each month @ 7:00. For more information, contact the library at (203) 488-8702.

ABOUT THE BOOK:
In this international bestseller, Peter Høeg successfully combines the pleasures of literary fiction with those of the thriller. Smilla Jaspersen, half Danish, half Greenlander, attempts to understand the death of a small boy who falls from the roof of her apartment building. Her childhood in Greenland gives her an appreciation for the complex structures of snow, and when she notices that the boy's footprints show he ran to his death, she decides to find out who was chasing him. As she attempts to solve the mystery, she uncovers a series of conspiracies and cover-ups and quickly realizes that she can trust nobody. Her investigation takes her from the streets of Copenhagen to an icebound island off the coast of Greenland. What she finds there has implications far beyond the death of a single child. The unusual setting, gripping plot, and compelling central character add up to one of the most fascinating and literate thrillers of recent years.

It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it," Robert E. Lee

From the very start of the Western literary tradition, war has been celebrated and deplored as a human enterprise. From Homer's 8th-century epic through literary classics of the First World War to Tim's O'Brien's masterful The Things They Carried (1990), literature has weighed the human cost of war's death and destruction, even as it has reflected the complex appeal of organized violence. Mark Schenker gives a series of lectures in this context on a range of literary masterpieces in poetry, drama, fiction and metafiction, culminating in a discussion of online war literature in an age of terror.

British WWI Poetry will be read. Please pick-up poetry packet from the Circulation Desk at the Library.

Free and open to the public. All are welcomed. For more information, please contact the library at (203) 488-8702.

Speaker: Karen Muller Smith, Ph.D.
Associate Research Scientist, Yale Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine

This lecture will present prevailing theories as to how genes contribute to the susceptibility for psychiatric diseases in children. This explanation will include a discussion of the difference between disorders where a single gene causes disease, versus disorders were multiple genes interacting with environmental factors, lead to disease. It will also explain how scientists determine whether a disorder is caused by genes or environmental factors, or a combination of these factors. Examples will be drawn from common disorders including ADHD and Autism.

All Events are FREE and open to the Public
Registration is required for ALL YALE EVENTS
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It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it," Robert E. Lee

From the very start of the Western literary tradition, war has been celebrated and deplored as a human enterprise. From Homer's 8th-century epic through literary classics of the First World War to Tim's O'Brien's masterful The Things They Carried (1990), literature has weighed the human cost of war's death and destruction, even as it has reflected the complex appeal of organized violence. Mark Schenker gives a series of lectures in this context on a range of literary masterpieces in poetry, drama, fiction and metafiction, culminating in a discussion of online war literature in an age of terror.

"All Quiet on the Western Front" will be read.

Free and open to the public. All are welcomed. For more information, please contact the library at (203) 488-8702.

Please join us with leader Mark Schenker, PhD., Dean of Academic Affairs, Yale University, in an intellectually stimulating discussion.

Multiple copies of the book are available at the library. Refreshments provided after discussion.

BookMark meets on the third Tuesday of each month @ 7:00. For more information, contact the library at (203) 488-8702.

ABOUT THE BOOK:
Hell. We're always alone. Born alone. Die alone, says Olive Kitteridge, redoubtable seventh-grade math teacher in Crosby, Maine. Anyone who gets in Olive's way had better watch out, for she crashes unapologetically through life like an emotional storm trooper. She forces her husband, Henry, the town pharmacist, into tactical retreat; and she drives her beloved son, Christopher, across the country and into therapy. But appalling though Olive can be, Strout manages to make her deeply human and even sympathetic, as are all of the characters in this novel in stories. Covering a period of 30-odd years, most of the stories (several of which were previously published in the New Yorker and other magazines) feature Olive as their focus, but in some she is bit player or even a footnote while other characters take center stage to sort through their own fears and insecurities. Though loneliness and loss haunt these pages, Strout also supplies gentle humor and a nourishing dose of hope. People are sustained by the rhythms of ordinary life and the natural wonders of coastal Maine, and even Olive is sometimes caught off guard by life's baffling beauty.

Speaker: Yann Poncin, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Yale Child Study Center

Dr. Poncin is medical director of the Child Psychiatric Consultation Service to the Pediatric Emergency Department and Child Psychiatry on Pediatrics for Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital. Dr. Poncin will discuss the complexities surrounding the prescription of psychotropic medications to children and adolescents. Starting with an overview of the debate around the black box warning on antidepressants, he will move on to an interactive discussion on how parents and families can constructively approach the safe and comprehensive treatment of their children when psychiatric medications are suggested.

All Events are FREE and open to the Public
Registration is required for ALL YALE EVENTS
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Speaker: Steven Marans, M.S.W., Ph.D.
Director, National Center for Children Exposed to Violence
Harris Professor of Child Psychiatry, Professor of Psychiatry
Yale Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine

Dr. Marans is the Director of the National Center for Children Exposed to Violence, and a Professor of Child Psychiatry and Psychiatry. His research has been focused on the experience of violent trauma in the lives of children and families as well as changes in systems of care that can improve services and clinical outcomes. Drawing on his thirty years' experience in clinical practice and research, Dr. Marans will guide parents, educators and therapists on how to better understand and manage fears that effect all of us, from the fears of everyday life to the horrors of catastrophic events--whether man-made or natural disasters.

All Events are FREE and open to the Public
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It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it," Robert E. Lee

From the very start of the Western literary tradition, war has been celebrated and deplored as a human enterprise. From Homer's 8th-century epic through literary classics of the First World War to Tim's O'Brien's masterful The Things They Carried (1990), literature has weighed the human cost of war's death and destruction, even as it has reflected the complex appeal of organized violence. Mark Schenker gives a series of lectures in this context on a range of literary masterpieces in poetry, drama, fiction and metafiction, culminating in a discussion of online war literature in an age of terror.

"The Things They Carried" will be read.

Free and open to the public. All are welcomed. For more information, please contact the library at (203) 488-8702.

Please join us with leader Mark Schenker, PhD., Dean of Academic Affairs, Yale University, in an intellectually stimulating discussion.

Multiple copies of the poems are available at the library. Refreshments provided after discussion.

BookMark meets on the third Tuesday of each month @ 7:00. For more information, contact the library at (203) 488-8702.

ABOUT THE POET:
'One of the astonishing aspects of Oliver's work is the consistency of tone over this long period. What changes is an increased focus on nature and an increased precision with language that has made her one of our very best poets . . . There is no complaint in Ms. Oliver's poetry, no whining, but neither is there the sense that life is in any way easy . . . These poems sustain us rather than divert us. Although few poets have fewer human beings in their poems than Mary Oliver, it is ironic that few poets also go so far to help us forward.' -Stephen Dobyns, New York Times Book Review 'Mary Oliver's poetry is fine and deep; it reads like a blessing. Her special gift is to connect us with our sources in the natural world, its beauties and terrors and mysteries and consolations.' -Stanley Kunitz 'One would have to reach back perhaps to [John] Clare or [Christopher] Smart to safely cite a parallel to Oliver's lyricism or radical purification and her unappeasable mania for signs and wonders.' -David Barber, Poetry 'I have always thought of poems as my companions-and like companions, they accompany you wherever the journey (or the afternoon) might lead . . . My most recent companion has been Mary Oliver's The Leaf and the Cloud . . . It's a brilliant meditation, a walk through the natural world with one of our preeminent contemporary poets.' -Rita Dove, Washington Post

It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it," Robert E. Lee

From the very start of the Western literary tradition, war has been celebrated and deplored as a human enterprise. From Homer's 8th-century epic through literary classics of the First World War to Tim's O'Brien's masterful The Things They Carried (1990), literature has weighed the human cost of war's death and destruction, even as it has reflected the complex appeal of organized violence. Mark Schenker gives a series of lectures in this context on a range of literary masterpieces in poetry, drama, fiction and metafiction, culminating in a discussion of online war literature in an age of terror.


"Iraq, Afghanistan and Beyond: War Literature in an Age of
Technology and Terror" will be read.

Free and open to the public. All are welcomed. For more information, please contact the library at (203) 488-8702.

Speaker: Robert A. King, M.D.
Professor of Child Psychiatry
Medical Director, Tourette's/OCD Clinic, Yale Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine
Attending physician, Yale-New Haven Hospital

This presentation will review current knowledge about childhood anxiety disorders, including recent advances in their treatment. Current developments in psychosocial approaches, such as Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, as well as the benefits (and hazards) of various psychopharmacological agents will be discussed.

All Events are FREE and open to the Public
Registration is required for ALL YALE EVENTS
Please visit: http://wwml.org/yale-events-registration.htm to Register