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CLASSES at Politics and Prose: Our in-person classes are limited. Classes are being offered online. Please see the Classes webpage for listings. All class times are Eastern Time. For direct class inquires please email: classes@politics-prose.com

All classes are subject to cancellation due to an insufficient number of sign-ups or if the instructor has a personal emergency.

BOOK GROUPS: Please check the individual book group webpages for online meeting information. For direct inquires please email: bookgroups@politics-prose.com

TRIPS: For day trips, please check listings. Overseas trips info is forthcoming for 2024.

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Featured Classes

ONLINE CLASS: War Prize, Concubine, & Whore: Euripides, Plato & Demosthenes on the Fallen Woman (23114)

In this course, you can read classical Greek texts about a sex worker on trial, a war prize under attack, and an enigmatic concubine befriended by Socrates and beloved by Pericles, Athens’ greatest statesman. Each text opens a window on the seamier, more tainted effects of women whose place in the social world of the ancient polis brings them into alarmingly close alignment with men of honor. Three Tuesdays: October 3, 10, and 17 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. ET Online

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ONLINE CLASS: Spotlight On Babel by R. F. Kuang (23112)

This seminar-style, discussion-based class will read R. F. Kuang’s dark academia novel Babel to explore how speculative history can illuminate the complex relationship between imperialism and the violence of colonialism and the complexity and power of language. Two Mondays: October 16 and 23 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. ET Online

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ONLINE CLASS: Ratchet Up the Tension - Writing Suspense in Any Genre (23117)

Participants will leave this all-levels writing workshop with new skills in building suspense and tension in their fiction or memoir work (in any genre). Through in-class writing exercises and close-read examples, we'll examine how concepts of character, pacing, and drama are vital to a ticking time bomb. Participants will also have the opportunity to submit their writing, which may be selected for an in-class workshop. Four Tuesdays: October 3, 10, 17, and 24 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. ET Online

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Next Book Group Meetings

Women's Biography

October 9, 7:30 pm

All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake By Tiya Miles Cover Image

Evening Fiction

October 10, 7:00 pm

Trust (Pulitzer Prize Winner) By Hernan Diaz Cover Image

Lez Read

October 11, 7:30 pm

Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture By Sherronda J. Brown, Hess Love (Foreword by), Grace B. Freedom (Afterword by) Cover Image

A Seat at the Table

October 15, 3:30 pm

The Year of the Witching By Alexis Henderson Cover Image

Daytime

October 18, 12:30 pm

The Master: A Novel By Colm Toibin Cover Image

Fascinating History

October 24, 7:00 pm

Encounters at the Heart of the World: A History of the Mandan People By Elizabeth A. Fenn Cover Image

Travel with Politics & Prose

Day Trip to Monticello, Fall 2023 SOLD OUT

Sunday, October 1st from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time

Join Politics & Prose this fall on a 2.5 hour private guided and interactive tour with a focus on slavery and its legacies at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s home.

We’ll begin on the mountaintop with an exploration of the first floor of the house, surrounding grounds and Mulberry Row through the perspectives of enslaved people who lived and worked there.

Afterwards, we’ll visit the Burial Ground for Enslaved People, and participate in a facilitated dialogue on race and the role of slavery in the United States.

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P&P Day Trip to Fallingwater Fall 2023

Date: Sunday, October 15th 2023, 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. ET

This fall, join Politics and Prose's perennial favorite: the wonder of Frank Lloyd Wright’s architectural masterpiece, Fallingwater! We are leading a trip to the wooded area of western Pennsylvania where you can enjoy the fall foliage, harmonious surroundings and explore the house known worldwide as a resonant feat of architectural achievement and a UNESCO World Heritage site! Sunday, October 15th 2023, 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

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Featured Classes

ONLINE CLASS: War Prize, Concubine, & Whore: Euripides, Plato & Demosthenes on the Fallen Woman (23114)

ONLINE CLASS: Spotlight On Babel by R. F. Kuang (23112)

ONLINE CLASS: Ratchet Up the Tension - Writing Suspense in Any Genre (23117)

Next Book Group Meetings

Women's Biography

Evening Fiction

Lez Read

A Seat at the Table

Daytime

Fascinating History

Travel with Politics & Prose

Day Trip to Monticello, Fall 2023 SOLD OUT

P&P Day Trip to Fallingwater Fall 2023