Reading Groups

Contemporary Danish Fiction with Martha Cooley

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4 Sessions Saturdays, 11:00 am EDT - 12:30 pm EDT March 15 to May 17, 2025

Online via Zoom

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The ‘With Books’ option includes the titles required for this group at an additional 10% discount from our Bookstore.

Meeting Dates:
3/15, 4/5, 4/26, 5/17
Online via Zoom

Contemporary fiction by Danish writers reflects a rich, multi-textured engagement with Danish society today. We’ll read four short novels, each ably translated from the Danish original and offering its own particular bounty of readerly pleasures. Collectively they’ll give us much to discuss–about Denmark, of course, but also about ourselves.

What to read in advance of the first meeting: Mirror, Shoulder, Signal by Dorthe Nors

What to expect from this reading group: I’m aiming for a relaxed and full conversation about each novel, focusing on formal/stylistic features as well as themes and implications. I’ll provide contextual information and framing for each conversation.

Reading List:

Capacity: 20

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    Martha Cooley

    Martha Cooley

    Martha Cooley is the author of three novels—The Archivist (a national bestseller published in a dozen foreign markets), Thirty-Three Swoons, and Buy Me Love—as well as a memoir, Guesswork: A Reckoning With Loss, and a co-translation of Antonio Tabucchi’s Time Ages in a Hurry. An O. Henry Prize winner (2017), Martha taught in the Bennington Writing Seminars and is a Professor Emerita at Adelphi University. She lives in Castiglione del Terziere, Italy, with her husband. Her essay collection My Little Donkey will be published in fall 2025. She was a featured speaker at the 2024 LitFest in Vallekilde, Denmark.

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