Valhalla, NY - Westchester Community College is offering the opportunity to encounter classic and modern literature with its Great Books Forum Series beginning in February.

Along with the works themselves, discussions focus on issues of context and interpretation.

The subject of the spring 2012 Forum, to be held in the Gateway Center, Room 131 from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m., is fiction from the Harlem Renaissance to the Black Chicago Renaissance. Professor Richard Courage of the English Department will lead the discussions. Courage is co-author of The Muze in Bronzeville: African American Creative Expression in Chicago, 1932-1950.

God Sends Sunday (Arna Bontemps)    Thursday, February 16
Uncle Tom’s Children (Richard Wright)    Thursday, March 22
Blood on the Forge (William Attaway)    Thursday, April 19

Participation is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. The Great Books Forum is sponsored by the English Department and is underwritten by the Cultural Arts Fund of the Faculty Student Association.

For information, call Professor Scott Zaluda at 914-606-6909 or email him at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .