The Authors Guild Foundation is excited to present Chance Meetings, a new online literary seminar inspired by Rachel Cohen’s A Chance Meeting, a dazzling group biography that offers a striking vision of the making and remaking of the American mind and imagination from the Civil War to the Vietnam War.
We are pleased to announce that our customers can attend at a special price of $25 per ticket, instead of the regular price of $40. Check out...
On This Week's Front Table, read harrowing stories that explore environmental devastation and resistance through accounts of disability both human and land, page through a collection of science fiction that promotes memorable events from the first AI president to the funeral of Earth's last glacier, explore what happened on the space shuttle Challenger that killed everyone on board with an extremely detailed account of reportage, fascinating science, whistleblowing, and an unfortunate turning point in history. Find these titles and more at ...
On This Week's Front Table, discover the story of a Black poet and her journey to diversify her garden, challenge homogeneous policies, and highlight the crucial connection between the African diaspora and the land. Explore a feminist take on Giorgio Agamben's concept of bare life through a riveting case study on how media narratives perpetuate societal constraints on women's autonomy and safety. Dive into boundary-pushing comics that weave intricate narratives of environmental exploration in California's desert landscapes. Also, uncover a profound and enthralling novel about beauty and power, and delve into poetry that illuminates the charged...
The Authors Guild Foundation is excited to present Chance Meetings, a new online literary seminar inspired by Rachel Cohen’s A Chance Meeting, a dazzling group biography that offers a striking vision of the making and remaking of the American mind and imagination from the Civil War to the Vietnam War.
Following the book’s spirit and shape, the monthly sessions feature talks on beloved and thought-provoking classics of American literature by contemporary writers with a personal connection to the works they are discussing. Cohen herself will lead two talks and circulate an e-newsletter to students in the weeks between sessions.
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On This Week's Front Table, recount the inspirational history and the quintessential pioneers of the animal rights movement, explore the history of self experimentation with various drugs and what it reveals about Western history, culture, and science, engage with a comprehensive history of one of the most important composers of the twentieth century, and read about the period of Black writing during the early Cold War, dubbed "The Blue Period." Find these titles and more at semcoop.com
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On This Week's Front Table, examine the relationship of play in the animal world and its implication for the human world, take a dive into the rich, political, and cultural history of psychedelics over time, and read a comprehensive and tumultuous history about acclaimed author Jean Rhys. Then, sift through contemplative and incisive essays, interviews, and tributes from iconic Queer critic and writer, Maggie Nelson, and read an unforgettable novel about a book censor and his Alice in Wonderland-like dreams about the lives of characters he censors. Find these titles and more at ...
On This Week's Front Table, pursue obsessions on paths to glory and destruction while the world twists and warps; witness a major uprising in a long history of women who have wanted to affirm their rights; reimagine the canonical literature on walking and consider a new interpretation of the impact of class and race on our physical and political mobility; and gain an insight into the artist's way of thinking, his everyday life, and the corpus, circumstances, and personality of a monumental artist. Find these titles and more at ...
On This Week's Front Table, meditate on a devotional to the planet, to animals, and to plants from renowned author Lydia Millet, explore what it means to take up a feminist ethic of living rooted in the principles of radical inclusion, mutuality and friendship, and then travel from plant breeding labs to the jungles of Peru to study the impact of trees on our planet. Also, look closely at stories about life changing moments from the acclaimed storytelling series, The Moth, and read genre defying poetry that is an ode to New York, flirting, eavesdropping, and remembering. Find these titles and more at ...
On this week's Front Table, explore the lives of uncommonly brave men and women--saints, philosophers, artists--who have used their own wounded or stigmatized bodies to challenge society's mores and entrenched power structures, examine hopeful solutions for just how we can come together in a common purpose for criminal justice and racial justice reform, and explore the magical threads that run through our daily lives. Also, throw yourself into a novel that plumbs mortality and how it changes everything, except possibly love, and dive into the history of one of the most significant films of the twentieth century, sparked by Chicago's Second...