Holiday Catalog: Picks for Kids!
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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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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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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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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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Jane Jacobs: The Death and Life of Great American Cities with Brad Vogel
5 sessions Wednesdays, 6:30 pm EDT - 8:00 pm EDT October 8 to November 12, 2025
In Person | Discover the lasting impact of Jane Jacobs’s classic critique of top-down planning. A counterpoint to Robert Moses, her...
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Reading Hispaniola: Edwidge Danticat and Julia Alvarez with Dr. Norrell Edwards
4 sessions Wednesdays, 6:30 pm EDT - 8:00 pm EDT October 8, 2025 to January 7, 2026
Online | Explore the complex histories and contrasting realities of Haiti and the Dominican Republic through the powerful voices of two...
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A Year of Toni Morrison: Volume I with Maia Butler
4 sessions Tuesdays, 6:00 pm EDT - 7:30 pm EDT October 7, 2025 to January 6, 2026
Online | Morrison’s novels offer powerful insights into identity, history, and belonging. Dive into her rich worlds to rethink race...
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The Great Gatsby at 100 with Kristopher Jansma
4 sessions Mondays, 6:30 pm EDT - 8:00 pm EDT October 6 to November 17, 2025
Online | One hundred years after its publication, explore how Fitzgerald’s classic became an American icon—with help from key edits...
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Horror in NYC: Part Three with Marc Abbott
4 sessions Sundays, 1:00 pm EDT - 2:30 pm EDT October 5, 2025 to January 11, 2026
Online | Unearth the fears lurking beneath New York City’s streets with horror and thriller novels that confront gentrification, exploitation...
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Groups+Workshops
James Joyce’s Ulysses with William Mottolese
16 sessions Thursdays, 6:30 pm EDT - 8:00 pm EDT October 9, 2025 to August 27, 2026
Online | Tackle one of the most influential—and challenging—novels of the twentieth century. Follow Leopold Bloom through a single...
