This class will meet once a month to discuss a literary work. The selections below have been made from novels, collections of short stories, and memoirs that have received critical acclaim from peers, reviewers, and the reading public. Class members are encouraged to participate in discussions on characterization, plot, structure, dialogue, style, and atmosphere.

September 26 - The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray (2021)

October 24 - To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf (1927)

November 28 - Mr. Bridge by Evan S. Connell (1959)

December - No Meeting

January 23 - Long Day’s Journey into Night (a play in four acts) by Eugene O’Neill (1956)

February 27 - Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small-Town Life by Sherwood Anderson (2019)

March 26 - The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (2002)

April 23 - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (2022)

May 28 - Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout (2022)


This class will be held in-person at WIH