Centre County Reads' Summer Read: A Room of One's Own

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Thu, 07/08/2010 - 12:29pm

 

Centre County Reads invites you to read

A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf.

In the book, Woolf discusses why it is that men, and not women, have always had power, wealth, and fame.

She suggests two keys to freedom: fixed income and ones own room.

 

Visit Penn State’s Palmer Museum exhibit:

A Room of Their Own:

The Bloomsbury Artists in American Collections  

July 6–September 26, 2010

The Bloomsbury group, of which Virginia Woolf was a member, were artists, writers, economists, and art critics who met for intellectual discussion in the Bloomsbury area of London in the early 20th century.

The Palmer Museum has planned a number of special events to go with this exhibit. Click here to find out about them. 

 

Join the book discussion with special guest Dr. Christopher Reed, co-curator of the exhibit and PSU professor of English and visual culture.Tuesday, August 17,  6:30 p.m.

Schlow Library's Community Room