Trident Book Series

The Great Gatsby at 100

Hosted by James Vacca

James Vacca is a retired Boulder High school teacher who has taught the Great Gatsby for twenty years and still discovers new insights with each yearly re-reading.  On this 100th anniversary of the publishing of the novel, the parallels from 1925 to 2025 are arresting. He believes enduring literature may provide a road map for our own troubled times. Gatsby is an American Rorschach as we read it we see ourselves. Join James for a conversation about the myth of American aspiration and examine historical artifacts, letters, first editions, magazines and other memorabilia  from the Roaring Twenties that have their own story to tell.