Literary Seminar - The Paul Chowder Chronicles

Name: Literary Seminar - The Paul Chowder Chronicles
Start: 2024-05-21T17:00:00-07:00
End: 2024-05-21T18:30:00-07:00
Location: 1010 El Camino Real,#100,Menlo Park,94025,US

Schedule

Tue May 21 2024 at 05:00 pm to 06:30 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

1010 El Camino Real,#100,Menlo Park,94025,US | Menlo Park, CA

This 90 minute seminar combines the deep pleasure of reading an exceptional novel with the depth of a college-level lecture.
NOTE: Our supplier has backordered The Paul Chowder Chronicles. If you opt to purchase a copy from Kepler’s, please allow 6–8 weeks for your book to become available.
Spring Literary Seminar: The Paul Chowder Chronicles by Nicholson Baker
Kimberly has been dying to read Nicholson Baker for the entire eight years(!) we have been doing the Seminars. The Anthologist (half of The Paul Chowder Chronicles )* is SUCH good grist for her mill. This inventive pseudo-memoir follows Paul Chowder’s attempts to write an introduction to a poetry anthology called Only Rhyme. His meditations on his writer’s block, his (failing) love life and life in general are funny, incisive, wide-reaching, and weirdly relatable. Even non-lovers of poetry (like Kimberly) will love this hilarious, brainy, unique novel!
*We will only discuss The Anthologist, but The Paul Chowder Chronicles also includes the sequel, Traveling Sprinkler.
Enjoy a deep dive into The Paul Chowder Chronicles in this relaxed and entertaining 90-minute session with Kimberly Ford, best-selling author, Ph.D. and former adjunct professor at Berkeley. The book is available for purchase, and can be picked up at Kepler’s so that it can be read prior to the Seminar. Thanks to a generous donor, you may also elect to have your book shipped at no cost to you.
Students and Educators: if you are interested in attending this Literary Seminar, please contact [email protected] for information about reduced Seminar rates.