The final “Let’s Talk About It, Oklahoma” book discussion for Fall 2009 will be with Karen Hesse’s “Out of the Dust.”
Winner of the Newbury Medal, Hesse’s novel recounts the coming of age of her protagonist amidst the landscape of the Oklahoma Dust Bowl. Written in memorable free verse, Hesse paints an eloquent closing view of the series theme. The “Let’s Talk About It, Oklahoma” focuses on those who lived through the tumultuous decade of the 1930s—the “Dirty Thirties”— who experienced one of the greatest ecological and economic disasters ever to strike Oklahoma and most of the Southern Plains. Beginning in the summer of 1931, eight years of extreme weather conditions ruined farm communities across the plains.
The sessions are held in Walker Center room 151. Those interested in participating are encouraged to pre-register and borrow the reading selections and theme.

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