Literary Series Targets Prohibition Era

Registration is underway for a Wednesday morning literary discussion series on national prohibition and the jazz age in America at the Barrington library. It will run in March from 9:30 to 11 am.

The series is based on the book, Spirits of Defiance: National Prohibition and Jazz Age Literature, by Kathleen Drowne. It will be led by Barrington librarians Lauri Burke and Nancy Christy.

“National Prohibition affected everyone’s lives in America from 1920 to 1933,” said Amy Greer, community services librarian, “and was reflected in the works of American artists of all types.”

“In this series,” Greer said, “we’ll be looking at short stories by Dorothy Parker, Sherwood Anderson and Zora Neale Hurston; at novels by Sinclair Lewis and F. Scott Fitzgerald, and we’ll view two feature-length prohibition-themed films, one filmed in the era and one looking back upon it.”

The series is free and open to all adults. You can register in person at the library’s reference desk or by phone (247-1920 ext. 2).