Online Modern Novel Study Group
Please join us for Year Nine of the Modern Novel Group. This is an informal discussion group of committed readers who want to better understand each book’s history, context, assumptions, and resonance. Free and open to the public. Meets on Zoom.
This group will meet monthly from September 2026 to June 2027, 10:30am-12pm. Group members can expect to read one novel each month, and members of the group will share responsibility for introducing books and leading discussions. Books can be requested from the library.
Philip Weinstein, a well-known and highly respected literature teacher on our Island and Professor Emeritus at Swarthmore College, is the co-organizer of this discussion group. Phil will not lecture or formally teach the group, but he will be an active member.
Space is limited. If you are interested in becoming a member in this group, please contact co-organizer Jeff Nason. You can reach Jeff at 617-285-3160 or jnasonmd@gmail.com.
Modern Novel Study Group 2026-27 Schedule:
- September 10, 2026: Herman Melville, Moby Dick (Part 1, through Chapter 70)
- October 15, 2026: Moby Dick (Part 2, Chapter 71-end)
- November 19, 2026: William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury
- December 17, 2026: lan McEwan, Saturday
- January 21, 2027: Louise Erdrich, Love Medicine
- February 18, 2027: Kazuo Ishiguro, The Buried Giant
- March 18, 2027: Jenny Erpenbeck, Go, Went, Gone
- April 15, 2027: Ben Lerner, The Topeka School
- May 20, 2027: Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings
- June 17, 2027: Andrew Miller, The Land in Winter