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- Banned Books - SIG (Zoom) Zoom Only
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Fee: $0.00
Dates: 2/19/2026 - 5/21/2026
Times: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 4
Building: ZOOM
Room: Online Only
Instructor: Frances Goodfriend
Maximum Enrollment: 50
How do you feel about censorship? Should someone have the right to restrict what you can read? Is it ever appropriate? What justification? It’s happening! This SIG will meet the third Thursday of each month at 10:30 am via Zoom, to discuss great novels that have been banned for some reason. February 19: As I Lay Dying, by William Faulkner. The books for March, April and May will be selected by the group from a master list. Handouts will be emailed a few days before each session.
Every 3rd Thursday each month)
Feb. 19, March 19, April 16 & May 21
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- International Classics SIG (Zoom) Zoom Only
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Fee: $0.00
Dates: 2/19/2026 - 5/21/2026
Times: 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 4
Building: ZOOM
Room: Online Only
Instructor: Frances Goodfriend
Maximum Enrollment: 50
This SIG will meet the third Thursday of each month to enjoy international masterpieces of literature, by authors neither British nor American. There are many wonderful bestsellers from around the world that most Americans have never read or even know exist, and some great classics. The sessions will start with The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough, an Australian best-seller. Subsequent novels will be chosen by the group, perhaps something marvelous from Japan, South America, India or Africa! Handouts will be emailed to participants before each session.
(Every 3rd Thursday of each month)
Feb. 19, March 19, April 16 & May 21
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- Mission imPOSSIBLE: Becoming an Author! In Person
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Maximum Enrollment: 35
Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to write that fiction novel, memoir, or short story (or to finish the one that's been sitting in a drawer for 5 years)! Come meet with other aspiring authors for inspiration, motivation, and education. You'll learn about developing memorable characters, writing dialogue, and how to keep readers turning the page. Helpful information on resources to assist you will be provided as well as ways to get published and promote your work. A free copy of the instructor's novel The Car Thief, will be given to each participant. This will be engaging discussions to teach the tricks of the trade but without any writing assignments either in class or as homework. Come make your dreams come true!
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- Superb Sleuths SIG (Zoom) Zoom Only
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Fee: $0.00
Dates: 2/4/2026 - 5/6/2026
Times: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Days: W
Sessions: 4
Building: ZOOM
Room: Online Only
Instructor: Frances Goodfriend
Maximum Enrollment: 50
Danger! Intrigue! This SIG will meet the first Wednesday of each month September through December, to consider and discuss some of the internationally best-selling mystery and thriller novels. Each was first in a series for a beloved detective, with many, many sequels. The sessions will start with September 3: The Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson Braun. Class participants will select the books for October, November and December. Handouts will be emailed to participants before each session.
(Every 1st Wednesday of each month)
Feb. 4, March 4, April 1 & May 6
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- Virginia Woolf's MRS. DALLOWAY: A Very Close Reading
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THIS CLASS IS FULL. Please click the "Add to Waitlist" button below.
In this course I plan to adopt a different approach to reading and understanding this remarkable novel. The class will focus on a close reading and analysis of the text itself. We will look at MRS. DALLOWAY as a self-contained and self-referential entity, discovering the novel's meaning through careful examination of its language, structure, and imagery. We will deliberately ignore the use of information that is outside the text as a means to understanding the text; therefore, the author’s biography or historical context will not matter when we are interpreting MRS. DALLOWAY. Read any edition, but ignore prefaces, introductions, and additional notes. In the final class, we can address Virginia Woolf's fascinating life and historical milieu.
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