Holiday Catalog: Picks for Kids!
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Groups+Workshops
In Short: Audre Lorde's Zami: A New Spelling of My Name with Laurie Lambert
Saturday, 11:30 am EDT - 1:00 pm EDT November 8, 2025
In Person | Lorde invents a genre—the biomythography—to narrate her childhood and coming-of-age as a lesbian, taking readers from...
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A House for Mr. Biswas with Kannan Mahadevan
8 sessions Thursdays, 6:00 pm EDT - 7:30 pm EDT November 6, 2025 to January 15, 2026
Online | Dive into this rich, groundbreaking novel about one man’s lifelong search for a home. Explore Naipaul’s early prose style...
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Faith as Force: Christianity in Black Literature, Volume II with Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond
6 sessions Thursdays, 6:30 pm EDT - 8:00 pm EDT October 30, 2025 to March 5, 2026
Online | Black writers have long grappled with Christianity’s dual role—as a tool of oppression and a force for liberation
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Exploring the Daylong Novel: Fiction Set in a Single Day with Sam Rutter
5 sessions Mondays, 6:30 pm EDT - 8:00 pm EDT October 27, 2025 to January 26, 2026
Online | Delve into five novels with one thing in common: each story unfolds over the course of a single day, compressing time and narrative...
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Belief and Doubt: The Novels of Graham Greene with Dennis Krieger
5 sessions Wednesdays, 7:00 pm EDT - 8:30 pm EDT October 22, 2025 to February 18, 2026
Online | Follow characters caught between faith and failure as they navigate moral ambiguities in religion, politics, and love across...
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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...
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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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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 13, 2026
In Person | Track Virginia Woolf’s evolving style, innovative storytelling, and unforgettable characters through a close reading of...
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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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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...
