Reading Groups
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Groups+Workshops
In Short: James Sallis’s Drive: High-Octane Neo-Noir in the Hands of a Poet with Mary Anna Evans
Thursday, 6:00 pm EDT - 7:30 pm EDT October 9, 2025
Online | Called “a perfect piece of noir fiction” by the New York Times, Sallis’s experimental, lyrical, and razor-sharp...
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The Journalist and the Subject: Reading Janet Malcolm with Alissa Wilkinson
6 sessions Sundays, 1:00 pm EDT - 2:30 pm EDT October 12, 2025 to January 25, 2026
In Person | Malcolm’s groundbreaking journalism challenges the boundaries between writer and subject. Read six of her key works and...
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Groups+Workshops
The Literarians
Wednesday, 12:30 pm EDT - 1:30 pm EDT October 15, 2025
Online | The Literarians is a free monthly discussion group open to members of The Center.
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Groups+Workshops
Ishiguro Does Genre: Reading Three of the Master's Lesser-Known Novels with August Thompson
4 sessions Wednesdays, 6:30 pm EDT - 8:00 pm EDT October 15, 2025 to January 7, 2026
Online | Through Arthurian fantasy, detective fiction, and Kafkaesque absurdity, explore how Ishiguro uses familiar themes to deconstruct...
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Zombie Capitalism: The Monstrous Ends of Capital with Chris Holmes
3 sessions Thursdays, 6:00 pm EDT - 7:30 pm EDT October 16 to December 4, 2025
In Person | Speculative fiction and social critique collide in novels using the undead to reveal capitalism’s decline
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Groups+Workshops
Fierce at 50: Feminist Novels of 1975 with Sullivan Summer
4 sessions Mondays, 6:30 pm EDT - 8:00 pm EDT October 20, 2025 to January 12, 2026
Online | Four feminist novels turn 50 this year, their spark as powerful as ever. Join unforgettable protagonists navigating freedom...
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Elsa Morante’s Lies and Sorcery with Sheila Kohler
6 sessions Mondays, 6:00 pm EDT - 7:30 pm EDT October 20, 2025 to January 5, 2026
Online | Uncover the dazzling blend of fairy-tale elements and realism that Morante uses to portray three generations of wildly eccentric...
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Groups+Workshops
A Year of Virginia Woolf: Volume I with Anne Fernald
4 sessions Tuesdays, 6:00 pm EDT - 7:30 pm EDT October 21, 2025 to January 20, 2026
In Person | Track Virginia Woolf’s evolving style, innovative storytelling, and unforgettable characters through a close reading of...
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Groups+Workshops
Arab American Fiction: War, Displacement, and Belonging with Randa Tawil
4 sessions Tuesdays, 6:00 pm EDT - 7:30 pm EDT October 21, 2025 to January 6, 2026
Online | Delve into Arab American fiction that challenges the way we perceive the relationship between the present and past, and the...
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Groups+Workshops
Contemporary International Fiction from New Directions with Morley Musick and Sam Dembling
3 sessions Tuesdays, 6:30 pm EDT - 8:00 pm EDT October 21 to December 16, 2025
Online | Discover three compelling contemporary novels from New Directions—spanning Indonesia, East Berlin, and Mexico—that illuminate...