Reading Groups
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Groups+Workshops
The Novels of Jane Austen with Sasha Troyan (Sold Out)
4 Sessions via Zoom Tuesdays, 6:00 pm EST - 7:30 pm EST March 16 to June 15, 2021
Jane Austen’s novels are as popular today as they were two hundred and ten years ago. Of course, not everyone was a fan of her novels; notably...
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Groups+Workshops
Members Only: The Literarians
Wednesday, 12:30 pm EST - 2:00 pm EST March 17, 2021
The Literarians is a free monthly discussion group open to members of The Center.
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Groups+Workshops
Queer and Coming of Age with Thomas Dooley
4 Sessions via Zoom Wednesdays, 6:00 pm EST - 7:30 pm EST March 24 to June 23, 2021
While reflecting on his childhood, the narrator in Edmund White’s classic novel, A Boy’s Own Story, describes the sound of...
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Groups+Workshops
Latinx Crime Fiction with Richie Narvaez
4 Sessions via Zoom Mondays, 7:00 pm EST - 8:30 pm EST March 29 to June 21, 2021
Latinx fiction often delves into history and politics, and crime fiction has always dealt with power and the status quo. In this reading group...
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Groups+Workshops
Characters, Acts, Situations: Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina with Mike Levine
8 Weekly Sessions via Zoom Tuesdays, 6:00 pm EST - 7:30 pm EST March 30 to May 18, 2021
Is Anna Karenina the greatest novel ever written? Like all the most interesting questions, this one is unanswerable, but that has not...
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Groups+Workshops
NEA Big Read: The Novels of Ernest J. Gaines
4 Monthly Sessions Tuesdays, 6:00 pm EST - 7:30 pm EST March 30 to June 29, 2021
Dr. Ernest J Gaines’ novels tie together the experiences of people living in rural, Southwest Louisiana with a Justice System that is inextricably...
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Groups+Workshops
Madame Bovary and Disgrace: The Influence of Romantic Fiction with Sheila Kohler
6 Sessions via Zoom Wednesdays, 6:00 pm EST - 7:30 pm EST March 31 to June 9, 2021
We will read these two great books (Madame Bovary in four parts and Disgrace in two) and study the influence of romantic literature...
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Groups+Workshops
Henry James: The Ambassadors and The Tragic Muse with Sheridan Hay (Sold Out)
8 Weekly Sessions via Zoom Tuesdays, 6:00 pm EST - 7:30 pm EST April 6 to May 25, 2021
Over the first four weeks we will read James’s late, great novel, The Ambassadors. The novel is the first of the three final “major...
We can only offer full refunds if you cancel one week prior to the start of class. After that, before the start date of class, we can offer a 50% refund. We cannot refund day-of cancellations or refund or partially refund the fee once the class has begun.