WEST PARIS — The West Paris Public Library, partnering with the Ledgeview Living Center, has been selected by the Maine Humanities Council to offer “Let’s Talk About It,” a free reading and discussion group with copies of books available through the library.

The program is provided by the Maine Humanities Council’s Maine Center for the Book in cooperation with the Maine State Library.

The series, “Exploring Human Boundaries,” will begin on Thursday, June 5, at 6:30 p.m. at the West Paris Public Library, and will continue every three weeks, for five sessions, through August.

The series explores notions of illness and wellness from different perspectives, examining (in part) how both are defined by cultural and social values and by the notion of “expertise.” Who has expertise, and how is this determined?

Books to be read and discussed in the series include “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down” by Anne Fadiman, “The Plague” by Albert Camus, “The Diving Bell & the Butterfly” by Jean-Dominique Bauby, “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Gilman, and on the same night, “A Servant to Servants” by Robert Frost; “Wit,” by Margaret Edson.

Robert Farnsworth, a poet and scholar provided by the Maine Humanities Council, will facilitate the discussions.

“Exploring ideas and issues through literature has always been exciting and fun,” said Nicole Rancourt, director of “Let’s Talk About It.” “We find that there is great interest among adults in getting together to discuss what they’ve read with others. Having a discussion leader like Robert Farnsworth, who is both excited about the readings and skilled in facilitating, can help to deepen this experience.”

Books for the program are available for loan at the library. Call the library at 674-2004 to register and pick up the first book of the series. The library is open from 1:30 to 6 p.m. Monday and Friday, 1:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

The program is offered to Maine libraries through the Maine Humanities Council by a grant from the Belvedere Fund of the Maine Community Foundation.

For more information, visit www.mainehumanities.org or call the office in Portland at 773-5051.