BookWoman BookGroup Discussion of Montsters: A Fan's Dilemma

Name: BookWoman BookGroup Discussion of Montsters: A Fan's Dilemma
Start: 2024-08-22T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-08-22T20:30:00-05:00
Location: 5501 N Lamar Blvd, Ste A105, Austin, TX, United States, Texas 78751

Schedule

Thu Aug 22 2024 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

5501 N Lamar Blvd, Ste A105, Austin, TX, United States, Texas 78751 | Austin, TX

This month we are reading the part memoir, part treatise Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma by Claire Dederer.
We typically meet every 4th Thursday. This month we hope to meet in person and anticipate a lively discussion! New members are welcome! Come join us!
We are also providing a very basic Zoom link option for those who can't make it to the store. See below.
"In this unflinching, deeply personal book that expands on her instantly viral Paris Review essay, 'What Do We Do With the Art of Monstrous Men?' Claire Dederer asks: Can we love the work of Hemingway, Polanski, Naipaul, Miles Davis, or Picasso? Should we love it? Does genius deserve special dispensation? Is male monstrosity the same as female monstrosity? Does art have a mandate to depict the darker elements of the psyche? And what happens if the artist stares too long into the abyss? She explores the audience's relationship with artists from Woody Allen to Michael Jackson, asking: How do we balance our undeniable sense of moral outrage with our equally undeniable love of the work? In a more troubling vein, she wonders if an artist needs to be a monster in order to create something great. And if an artist is also a mother, does one identity inexorably, and fatally, interrupt the other? Highly topical, morally wise, honest to the core, Monsters is certain to incite a conversation about whether and how we can separate artists from their art"--
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You are invited to a Zoom meeting.
When: Aug 22, 2024 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwrdOutrjMpG9d9mnxfKS1JEnsshjJFkBCA
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
This Zoom session will open at 7 pm. Zoom will place attendees in the Waiting Room, and a host will admit. We appreciate your patience with the technology.