Brilliant Minds

Tonight's class

Tonight's class in Literature as a Life Practice I is now filled. Looking forward to an egaging session!

August Class - One seat open for Monday!

There's one seat now open for this Monday's August class:

Literature as a Life Practice I

Date: August 24th, 2009
Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Location: New York City Bar, 42 West 44th St (b/t 5th & 6th Aves)
Tuition: $57

Click for course description & registration or register right here:

Erdrich's Doves a Finalist

This article from the NYTimes notes that Louise Erdrich's The Plague of Doves is a finalist in the fiction category for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize.

The Cabin-table (Ch 34)

Who has but once dined his friends, has tasted what it is to be Caesar. It is a witchery of social czarship which there is no withstanding.

Cetology (Ch 32) cont'd

God keep me from ever completing anything. This whole book is but a draught--nay, but the draught of a draught. Oh, Time, Strength, Cash, and Patience!

Cetology (Ch 32)

On the Razor-Back: "Of a retiring nature, he eludes both hunters and philosophers. Though no coward, he has never yet shown any part of him but his back, which rises in a long sharp ridge. Let him go. I know little more of him, nor does anybody else."

August Classes Sold Out

The August Classes have filled, and I genuinely appreciate all your interest in this new take for me on our literary explorations. Please check back &/or sign up for email updates for announcements of additional classes!

August Classes

5 Big Questions Every Great Books Answers has already sold out through responses to the previous post on this blog!

As I write there are still two seats left for Literature as a Life Practice I.

Descriptions, details, and registration information for both classes are available on our Registration Page.

If you'd like to be on the wait list, be sure to email me at: pvarcese@athanata.com

Thanks for your great interest & response!

Knights & Squires (Ch 27)

.. each ISOLATO living on a separate continent of his own. Yet now, federated along one keel, what a set these Isolatoes were!

August Classes!

Save the dates if you'll be in town! For two Monday evenings this August 17th & 24th, I will be offering a special private class in Midtown, from 6:30 - 8:30pm. Attendance in strictly limited to 5 members.

The topic for 8/17 is: 5 Big Questions Every Great Book Answers 
The topic for 8/24 is: Literature as a Life Practice I

Descriptions, details, & tuition info to follow. If you are certain right now that you would like to attend and wish to reserve a seat, please email me at pvarcese@athanata.com. I will reply with information and a registration link. I will honor registrations in the order received and completed. Hope to see you this month!