All sessions begin at 12:00 pm Eastern Time. To join us, register at Tier 2 (‘Patreon Videos & Reading Group’) on my Patreon page. Joining the group will also give you immediate access to over a hundred Patreon-exclusive videos, including the series on Beginning Theory, Understanding Poststructuralism, and Deconstruction & Pragmatism.
March to April 2024
‘Better Living Through Criticism: How to Think About Art, Pleasure, Beauty, and Truth‘ by A. O. Scott. Penguin Press, 2016.
- March 16
- Introduction: What Is Criticism?
- Chapter 1: The Critic as Artist & Vice Versa
- March 23
- Chapter 2: The Eye of the Beholder
- March 30
- Dialogue: Self-Criticism
- April 6
- Chapter 3: Lost in the Museum
- Chapter 4: The Trouble with Critics
- April 13
- Dialogue: Practical Criticism
- Chapter 5: How to Be Wrong
- April 20
- Chapter 6: The Critical Conclusion
- April 27
- Dialogue: The End of Criticism
‘Exile and the Kingdom‘ by Albert Camus (translated by Carol Cosman). Vintage Books, 2007. Originally published by Gallimard in 1957.
- May 4th: “The Adulterous Woman”
- May 11th: “The Renegade, or A Confused Mind”
- May 18th: “The Voiceless” (Also translated as “The Silent Men”)
- May 25th: “The Guest”
- June 1st: “Jonas, or the Artist at Work”
- June 8th: “The Growing Stone”
Our reading-and-discussion group offers a space for dialogue and philosophical community. Each member’s perspective plays a role in shaping the character of our group. Our group, a mix of long-time members and newcomers, encourages open discussions without requiring any formal background. The list of texts we have covered, thus far, is available here. You need not be familiar with the previous texts to join in the discussions. We might, indeed, revisit some of those texts in the future.