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Philadelphia Great Books
63rd Annual Spring Institute
Saturday, April 29, 2023 by Zoom
Cultures in Collision

Please join us for a day of Zoom discussions
two sessions 10:00 to 12:00 and 1:00 to 3:00
with two wonderful novels. In the morning, we will discuss House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday. In the afternoon, we will discuss Winter in the Blood by James Welch. Details are on the Registration Form.

Your $38 fee covers copies of both books, which will be mailed upon receipt of your registration. Please fill out the form, and send it with your check made out to Philadelphia Great Books Council to:
to Anne Cramer, 114 Hedgerow Court, Deptford, New Jersey 08096.
For more information, contact Anne at (856) 245-7783, cell (856) 761-7339,
or email Anne.

For more details, yearly book lists
Book Titles by Year

Philadelphia's 54th Great Books Fall Institute
Pendle Hill
338 Plush Mill Road
Wallingford, PA 19086
November 8 - 10, 2024

Theme: Individuation

Readings for discussion Friday, Saturday, and Sunday:

  • Friday Evening: Selected Poems

  • Saturday Morning: Great Expectations
    by Charles Dickens
  • Saturday Afternoon: The Road from Coorain
    by Jill Ker Conway
  • Sunday Morning: The Joy Luck Club
    by Amy Tan

The New England Council Great Books 2023-2024 Season Events

Theme: 1922 – The Waste Land and Some Forgotten Masterpieces of the Early Modernist Period


NEW ENGLAND COUNCIL PREVIEW EVENT:
Saturday, October 14 2023. Two sessions.
12:00 - 2:00 pm EST and 3:30 - 5:30 pm EST
A Virtual Experience via Zoom.

The title poem is widely regarded as one of the most important poems of the 20th century and a central work of modernist poetry.



NEW ENGLAND COUNCIL WINTER WEEKEND:
Saturday-Sunday,
February 3-4, 2024, 2:00 - 4:30pm EST
A Virtual Experience via Zoom.

Join us for a weekend of exploration and contemplation of the following works:

  • Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis, plus his Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech
    ISBN 0375759255

  • One of Ours by Willa Cather
    ISBN 0679737448


NEW ENGLAND COUNCIL SPRING RETREAT:
Thursday - Sunday, May 2-5, 2024
A Virtual Experience via Zoom.

Readings from the Early Modernist Period by some of the finest writers of 1922:

Follow this site for more details of the New England Great Books Council 2023-2024 Season.

All times are Eastern Standard Time.

Contact: Alexis DesRoches
Phone number: (207)-779-8979
Email: newenglandgreatbooks@gmail.com

  • Link to New England Council

    • We are pleased to announce the dates for Colby 2025 have been determined:
    July 20 - 26, 2025

    Monday: At the Existential Cafe
    by Sarah Bakewell

    Tuesday: The Stranger
    by Albert Camus

    Wednesday: Catch 22
    by Joseph Heller

    Thursday: The Unbearable Lightness of Being
    by Milan Kundera

    Friday: An Artist of the Floating World
    by Kazuo Ishiguro

    Saturday: Short Stories
    Pigeon Feathers by John Updike
    Love by Clarice Lispector

    Our timely theme for Colby 2025 is Existential Perspectives. Join us as we explore the complexities that confront people as they proceed through the vicissitudes of life.

    Our week at Colby is now enhanced with the option of staying in air-conditioned dorms at the Alfond Main Street Commons, in downtown Waterville.

    Junior Great Books at Colby College will not be active in 2025

    To discuss individual arrangements for Junior Great Books older children, please contact
    John Dalton directly at (610) 608-7711 or
    Email: agreatbook@aol.com

    For more details, yearly book lists
    Book Titles by Year


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