Reading Groups & Writing Workshops
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Groups+Workshops
The Literarians
Wednesday, 12:30 pm EDT - 1:30 pm EDT October 15, 2025
Online | The Literarians is a free monthly discussion group open to members of The Center.
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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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Groups+Workshops
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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Groups+Workshops
Folk Memory: A Generative Workshop for Writing Folklore with Jessie McCarty
Saturday & Sunday 3:00 pm EDT - 6:00 pm EDT October 18 to October 19, 2025
Online | Learn from examples of Irish folklore, folklore from the American South and Midwest, and more to jumpstart your own ideas and...
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Groups+Workshops
The First Chapter and Beyond: From Idea to Novel with Kyle Lucia Wu
Once a week Mondays, 7:00 pm EDT - 9:00 pm EDT October 20 to November 24, 2025
Online | Struggling to put an idea into motion? Or too intimidated by what is to come after the first few sentences?
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Groups+Workshops
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...
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Groups+Workshops
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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Groups+Workshops
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 20, 2026
In Person | Track Virginia Woolf’s evolving style, innovative storytelling, and unforgettable characters through a close reading of...
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Groups+Workshops
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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Groups+Workshops
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...
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.