ONCE1205 - Becoming the I (Book Discussion)

Course Description

Join us this term in reading five notable novels of identity across class, racial, and gender lines. We begin with the inimitable Colm Tóibín’s, The Magician, his epic fictionalized life of the author Thomas Mann. We continue with Kiley Reid’s exploration of race and “emotional labor” in Such a Fun Age. Next, we read the luminous Joan Silber’s Improvement, a novel-in-stories about finding meaning in intersecting lives. Following, we read Rachel Pastan’s, In the Field, a novel based on the life of Noble-prize winning geneticist Barbara McClintock. We end with The Vanishing Half, Britt Bennett’s lauded novel of Black twins taking divergent paths.

Notes

Instructor: Miriam Camitta

This Spring 2022 course has live, online class meetings via Zoom. There are 2 sections of this course:

ONCE1205-001: 5 Tuesdays: Feb. 8, 22, Mar. 8, 22, and Apr. 5, 2022 from  10AM–12PM

ONCE1205-002: 5 Tuesdays: Feb. 8, 22, Mar. 8, 22, and Apr. 5, 2022 from 1–3PM