This spring, the Stillwater Public Library and its readers will be traveling through literature down America’s most famous road. “Get Your Reading Kicks on Route 66” takes place March 7-May 2 and is part of the statewide "Let's Talk About It, Oklahoma" project of the Oklahoma Humanities. The series includes four books with each program focusing on one of the books with a presentation by an Oklahoma humanities scholar, followed by small group discussions. Programs take place on Thursdays from 6-8:30 p.m. The books and scholars include: • March 7 – “Route 66: The Mother Road” by Michael Wallis; scholar Michael Wallis • March 28 – “Mother Road” by Dorothy Garlock; scholar Harbour Winn • April 11 – “Rt. 66 Remembered” by Michael Witzel; scholar Karen Neurohr • May 2 – “West on 66 – a mystery” by James Cobb; scholar Trisha Yarbrough For those who wish to register for the full Route 66 reading series, please stop by the library’s Help Desk to register and pick-up the first book. Registration and book pick-up is open now. Books, services, and other materials for this series are provided by Let's Talk About It, Oklahoma, a project of Oklahoma Humanities. Funding for this series was provided by grants from the Inasmuch Foundation and Kirkpatrick Family Fund. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in these programs do not necessarily represent those of Oklahoma Humanities.”
