Madison Classic Literature Meetup

Join us for part two of War and Peace - a Madison Classic Literature Meetup "big book side project".
For the second meeting, we'll be reading through what's designated as volume two in the Briggs translation. If you're working from a different translation, look for the section ending with Pierre and the comet of 1812. The last sentence is "This heavenly body seemed perfectly attuned to Pierre's newly melted heart, as it gathered reassurance and blossomed into new life".
Meetings will be at the UW Memorial Union. I'm working on reserving the Founder's Room or another space on the second floor, and will confirm specifics soon.
We hope you can make it!

Please join us for a discussion of "Absalom, Absalom!," William Faulkner's 1936 novel about three families in the southern United States around the time of the Civil War. Faulkner won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949.

Please note the new meeting location -- we will be meeting in a downstairs conference room at the Park Hotel.

There is no cost to attend the meetup, except for the food and drinks you order from The Post bar and restaurant in the hotel. Please keep in mind that The Post is a business, and that the wait staff depends on your tips for their income.

There are two different meetups this month for the same book. The format and discussion will be the same for both meetups. Please RSVP for one or the other.

(The photo shows Rowan Oak, Faulkner's home in Oxford, Mississippi, in February 2024.)

Please join us for a discussion of "Absalom, Absalom!," William Faulkner's 1936 novel about three families in the southern United States around the time of the Civil War. Faulkner won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949.

Please note the new meeting location -- we will be meeting in a downstairs conference room at the Park Hotel.

There is no cost to attend the meetup, except for the food and drinks you order from The Post bar and restaurant in the hotel. Please keep in mind that The Post is a business, and that the wait staff depends on your tips for their income.

There are two different meetups this month for the same book. The format and discussion will be the same for both meetups. Please RSVP for one or the other.

(The photo from February 2024 shows a wall mural in Tupelo, Mississippi depicting the new state flag for Mississippi. This was not the state flag used in Faulkner's era.)