Online Modern Novel Group

Please join us for Year Six 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 on the third Thursday of each month, from September to June, 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 any of the Island libraries.

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 2023-24 Schedule:

September 21, 2023. Kate Chopin, The Awakening (1899). 

October 19, 2023. Sherwood Anderson, Winesburg, Ohio (1919). 

November 16, 2023. F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (1925). 

December 14, 2023 (Note: second Thursday). Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises, (1926).

January 18, 2024. Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937).

February 15, 2024.  Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita (1955). 

March 21, 2024. John Updike, Rabbit Run (1960). 

April 18, 2024. Saul Bellow, Herzog (1964). 

May 16, 2024.  Toni Morrison, Sula (1973). 

June 20, 2024. Maxine Hong Kingston, Woman Warrior (1976).