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Book Group Offered in association with the exhibition, Picturing Eden Museum of Art Members’ Lounge Free and open to the public. Contact the museum education public programs coordinator at 797-0000, ext. 2158 for more information or to register for one or more discussion dates. Registration is requested one week prior to program date, see below for information.

Book Discussion Diaries of Adam and Eve author Mark Twain Thursday, December 4, 2008 6 pm Facilitator: Jim Dyer Retired Professor of English, MVCC About the Author Samuel Clemens (pen-name Mark Twain), lived from 1835 to 1910 and authored many books and short stories in his lifetime. Well known for the classics The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, his wit and humor are uniquely Twain. Since his death, many books by this great storyteller have become treasured American Classics. About the Facilitator Jim Dyer, a native of Utica, attended Utica College on the G.I. Bill after Navy service in the 1950s. Jim received a B.A. in English from Utica College, M.S. in English Education at Syracuse University, and Ph.D. in English at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Jim began teaching at Proctor High School in the 1960s. After 5 years, he moved a few hundred yards to MVCC where he taught for 28 years, retiring in 1996. Since then he has continued to teach as an adjunct, usually teaching two courses per semester. He has been married to the former Madeline Nicotera for almost 49 years. Mark Twain has been a matter of lifelong interest since reading Tom Sawyer as a boy. Question Guide For The Diaries of Adam and Eve