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CLASSES at Politics and Prose: Our in-person classes are postponed. 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: All in-person book group meetings are suspended. Please check the individual book group webpages for online meeting information. For direct inquires please email: bookgroups@politics-prose.com

TRIPS: Outdoor day trips have resumed. Check listings. Overseas trips info is forthcoming for 2023.

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Featured Classes

ONLINE CLASS: Unexpected Knowledge: Prose Writers Diving Deeper (22115)

This class is the latest iteration of the leaders’ popular Unexpected Knowledge workshops in which they use the concrete and the ordinary to help writers discover themselves. Class time is divided between writing and discussion. Students will share their work in breakout sessions. Two Sundays: December 4 and 11 from 3 to 5:30 p.m. ET Online

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ONLINE CLASS: Quintessential Memoir: Speak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov (2303)

Hailed as a masterpiece of 20^th century nonfiction, Nabokov's Speak, Memory is as much thought- experiment as memoir, stretching time across language, image, and symbol. In this class, we will be relishing the style and synesthesia of Speak, Memory, lingering over small morsels of prose, travelling from “sun fleck to sun fleck,” as we read for effects and “the awakening of consciousness” in the author, as well as ourselves. Three Saturdays: January 14, 21, 28, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. ET Online

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ONLINE CLASS: W.B. Yeats The Mature Years (2302)

Although rooted in his native culture and a senator in the first Irish government, Yeats claimed that “art is tribeless, nationless, a blossom gathered in No Man’s Land.” As Yeats said, “Out of our quarrels with others we make rhetoric; out of our quarrels with ourselves we make poetry.” Dabble in the Nobel Laureate's poetry, plays, and prose. His words have become part of our language, as in “A terrible beauty is born” and “Things fall apart.” Five Fridays: January 13, 20, 27, February 3, 10, from 6 to 8 p.m

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Next Book Group Meetings

Public Affairs

November 28, 7:00 pm

Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America By Nancy MacLean Cover Image

Classics

December 5, 7:30 pm

Futurist

December 7, 7:30 pm

Citizens: Why the Key to Fixing Everything Is All of Us By Jon Alexander, Ariane Conrad (With), Brian Eno (Foreword by) Cover Image

Women's Biography

December 12, 7:30 pm

Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR By Lisa Napoli Cover Image

Daytime

December 14, 12:30 pm

The Liar's Dictionary: A Novel By Eley Williams Cover Image

Women's Biography

January 9, 7:30 pm

The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive By Lucy Adlington Cover Image

Travel with Politics & Prose

P&P TRIP FALLINGWATER SUMMER 2023

Saturday, June 24th 2023, 8 am to 8 pm.

This summer, 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 verdant summer surroundings and explore the house known worldwide as a resonant feat of architectural achievement and a UNESCO World Heritage site! Saturday, June 24th 2023, 8 am to 8 pm.

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What's New in Paris II (October 2023)

October 29 – November 4, 2023

What's New in Paris I (May 28 - June 3) is presently booked. To be put on the waitlist, please email classes@politics-prose.com.

Politics and Prose invites you to join us for a week of Art and Culture in Paris, France.

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Featured Classes

ONLINE CLASS: Unexpected Knowledge: Prose Writers Diving Deeper (22115)

ONLINE CLASS: Quintessential Memoir: Speak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov (2303)

ONLINE CLASS: W.B. Yeats The Mature Years (2302)

Next Book Group Meetings

Public Affairs

Classics

Futurist

Women's Biography

Daytime

Women's Biography

Travel with Politics & Prose

P&P TRIP FALLINGWATER SUMMER 2023

What's New in Paris II (October 2023)