We’ll be meeting Wednesdays at 8pm for discussion of some of our favorite books that aren’t normally in the college curriculum. No quizzes or tests. Just show up to discuss some great literature. Snacks are provided, but BYOB. For schedule, details, and directions, fill out the interest form.
Schedule of Readings
June 7 - “The Great Sermon Handicap” by P.G. Wodehouse
June 14 - selections from Poems by C.P. Cavafy (trans. Daniel Mendelsohn)
June 21 - Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry
June 28 - NO MEETING
July 5 - “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July” by Frederick Douglass
July 12 - “Jacob Beyer and the Telephone” by Mark Helprin
July 19 - selections from Sonnets from the Portuguese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
July 26 - NO MEETING
August 2 - Waiting for God by Simone Weil
August 9 - The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Interest Form
This reading group is open to current students and newly graduated alumni (May 2023).