Have a question for Tim O’Brien? Email it to thecollegereads@cofc.edu.
Tim O’Brien will be on the College of Charleston campus on Friday, October 2nd. See if your question is asked at A Conversation with Tim O’Brien at 5pm at the College of Charleston Carolina First Arena. The event is free and open to the public.
In conjunction with The College Reads! program and Tim O’Brien’s upcoming appearance on Friday, October 2, the Office of Student Life is sponsoring a film series to provide alternative perspectives to the era and genre depicted in “The Things They Carried.” The screening schedule for the films included in the series is provided below.
All screenings are free and will be held in Stern Center 206.
If you are attending Family Weekend, also note that screenings will be held on October 2 and 3 and are open to family members and guests that may want to enjoy these films.
Thank you.
Susan
Susan H. Payment, Ed.D.
Director of Student Life
College of Charleston
“The College Reads” Film Series
Screening Schedule
All Showings Held in Stern Center 206
9/28
“Good Morning Vietnam” – 10 a.m.
“Platoon” 1 p.m.
“Heaven and Earth” 4 p.m.
“In Country” 7 p.m.
“Good Morning Vietnam” 9 p.m.
9/29
“Platoon” 9 a.m.
“Heaven and Earth” 12 p.m.
“In Country” 3 p.m.
9/30
“Heaven and Earth” 9 a.m.
“Good Morning Vietnam” 12 p.m.
“In Country” 2 p.m.
“Platoon” 7 p.m.
10/1
“In Country” 9 a.m.
“Heaven and Earth” 12 p.m.
“Platoon” 3 p.m.
“Good Morning Vietnam” 6 p.m.
“Platoon” 9 p.m.
10/2
“Good Morning Vietnam” 9 a.m.
“In Country” 12 p.m.
“Platoon” 2 p.m.
10/3
“Heaven and Earth” 10 a.m.
“Platoon” 12 p.m.
“Good Morning Vietnam” 3 p.m.
The College Reads! Book Discussion Groups of The Things They Carried
All Discussions are in the College of Charleston Addlestone Library
T 9/22 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Facilitated by Susan Farrell (in Addlestone 236)
W 9/23 9 a.m. – 10 a.m. Facilitated by Kathy Beres-Rogers (Addlestone 227)
W 9/23 2 – 3 p.m. Facilitated by Cathy Holmes (Addlestone 227)
Th 9/24 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. Facilitated by Anne Blessing (Addlestone 227)
M 9/28 4:00-5:00 pm Facilitated by Elizabeth Baker (Addlestone 227)
T 9/29 12:15-1:15 pm Faciliated by Bret Lott (Addlestone 227)
Join the College of Charleston Class of 2013 as Tim O’Brien discusses The Things They Carried – The College Reads! 2009 book selection.
They carried malaria tablets, love letters, 28-pound mine detectors, dope, illustrated Bibles, each other. And, if they made it home alive, they carried unrelenting images of a nightmarish war that history is only beginning to absorb. Since it was first published, The Things They Carried has become an unparalleled Vietnam testament, a classic work of American literature and a profound study of men at war that illuminates the capacity, and the limits, of the human heart and soul.
Tim O’Brien will discuss his insights about what we carry into life and college. Participants will have an opportunity to ask questions to Tim O’Brien by posting them to The College Reads! Blog at blogs.cofc.edu/thecollegereads or The College Reads! email at thecollegereads@cofc.edu.
The College of Charleston 2009-2010 Selection for THE COLLEGE READS! is The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien, a collection of interconnected stories centering on the intimate experience of war through the points of view of soldiers in Vietnam.
The title story – named one of the best 100 stories of the 20th Century – investigates the decisions soldiers make regarding what they carry with them into battle.
An examination of what we as human beings – faculty and students alike – each carry with us throughout our lives will serve as the theme for the Convocation ceremony in August and through the programs that will go on during the 2009-2010 school year.
If you have questions about the program, please feel free to email thecollegereads@cofc.edu.
Thank you
Thank you to all the participants in the campus visit for Tim O’Brien and A Conversation with Tim O’Brien.
It was great to hear from Tim about the writing process and The Things They Carried through all of the student meetings and community presentations.