Deep Cuts Book Club 2025

Everything today is thoroughly modern! Deep Cuts Book Club is back with another round of female writing that changed literature: some of the most foundational authors of the Modernist movement in the early twentieth century. Both our Austen series and our Brontës series gave British women the chance to shine, so this year we’re hopping across the Atlantic Ocean for our first three books…before finishing our survey back in England with the poster girl for Modernism, Virginia Woolf.

This year we’ll examine Edith Wharton, Kate Chopin, Willa Cather, and Virginia Woolf as a literary unit, comparing and contrasting the themes in their work. What mattered to these individual authors? Which themes concerned them all?

Read alongside your favorite booksellers, at your favorite bookstore, with tea and snacks! Staff members Stephanie, Kristin, and Donna will lead discussion on a different novel for each of our four in-person meetings.

Perks that make this not your average book club: For each book we will have an introductory email for all books that include themes to pay attention to while reading, historical context, and recommendations for our favorite adaptations; and a chance to hang out at Kepler’s after hours with some of your favorite booksellers!

Join us for our first meeting on Monday, March 10 at 6:00 PM to discuss The Awakening by Kate Chopin.

Subsequent meetings will take place:

• May 12: My Ántonia by Willa Cather
• September 15: The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
• November 10: To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

Like last year, we will be offering an option to purchase entry AND each book together. If you just want to attend a few events, you can buy books and meeting entry individually. If you would prefer to read your own copies, you are welcome to! We will be asking for a $15 club fee for each meeting to cover food, drink, and staffing costs.

Last year was a blast, and we can’t wait to continue our literary journey with you all!

Hope to see you there,

Donna, Kristin, and Stephanie

Host or Publisher Kepler's Literary Foundation